Japan's 2011 disaster by the numbers

Tokyo (AFP) March 4, 2021

Japan this month marks 10 years since the worst natural disaster in the country's living memory - the massive earthquake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown of March 11, 2011. The scale of the devastation is difficult to capture, but here are some figures that help paint a picture. - 9.0 magnitude quake - The undersea quake that struck at 2.46 p.m. local time on March 11 measured m