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The earthquake is preceded by several obvious foreshocks; But since earthqauekes are common in Japan, nobody could have guessed the magnitude of the quake itself.
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One minute before the earthquake affected Tokyo, the Earthquake Early Warning Sytem sne tout warnings to millions of people in Tokyo. Many escaped.
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The 9.0 earthquake occurs undersea, the strongest ever in Japan. It displaced a large amount of water and sends a large amount of energy, creating a tsunami.
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The shinmoedake volcano ereupts two days after the earthwuake and tsunami, it is not known if the tow are connected.
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Nearly a month afterwords, an aftershock happens in Miyagi, leaving 4 dead and more than a hundred injured; Resulted in a large scale power outage in the Tohoku region.
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An earthquake occurs in Fukushima, an aftershock of the original earthquake. 3 are confirmed dead, and 6 injured. It caused landslides and local power outages. It caused a meltdown of the Fukushima Daichi Powerplant.
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