List of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
This is an alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least US$100,000 in damages or at least one death.
City | Region | Country | Injured | Missing | Deaths | Damage costs | References |
Aizuwakamatsu | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | 6 | | 1 | | |
Asahi | Chiba Prefecture | Japan | 249 | 2 | 20 | | |
Berkeley Marina | California | United States | | | | US$125,000 |
Big Island | Hawaii | United States | | | | US$18,300,000 |
Chiyoda | Tokyo Metropolis | Japan | 28 | | 2 | | |
Crescent City | California | United States | | | 1 | | [1][2][3] |
Fujisawa | Kanagawa Prefecture | Japan | 8 | | 1 | | |
Fukushima | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | 19 | | 3 | | |
Futaba | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | | 5 | 30 | | [4][5] |
Hachinohe | Aomori Prefecture | Japan | 61 | 1 | 3 | | |
Haga | Tochigi Prefecture | Japan | 28 | | 1 | | |
Haleiwa | Hawaii | United States | | | | US$300,000 |
Hakodate | Hokkaido Prefecture | Japan | 3 | | 1 | | |
Higashimatsushima | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | | 94 | 1044 | | [6] |
Hirono | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | | 1 | 2 | | |
Hitachinaka | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | 28 | | 2 | | |
Hitachiōta | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | 2 | | 1 | | |
Honolulu | Hawaii | United States | | | | US$3,400,000 |
Iitate | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | 1 | | 1 | | |
Ishikawa | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | 4 | | 1 | | |
Ishinomaki | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | Unknown | 717 | 3173 | | [7][8] |
Iwaizumi | Iwate Prefecture | Japan | | | 7 | | |
Iwaki | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | | 38 | 310 | | |
Iwanuma | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | | 1 | 182 | | |
Jayapura | Papua | Indonesia | | | 1 | | [9] |
Jōsō | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | 4 | | 1 | | |
Kamaishi | Iwate Prefecture | Japan | Unknown | 198 | 884 | | |
Kanagawa | Kanagawa Prefecture | Japan | 131 | | 4 | | |
Kashima | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | | | 1 | | |
Kashiwa | Chiba Prefecture | Japan | 22 | | 1 | | |
Katsurao | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | | | 7 | | |
Kawasaki | Kanagawa Prefecture | Japan | 17 | | 1 | | |
Kesennuma | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | Unknown | 383 | 1023 | |
[10][11] |
Kitaibaraki | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | | | | | |
Kona Coast | Hawaii | United States | 1 | | | | |
Kōriyama | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | 4 | | 1 | | |
Kōtō | Tokyo Metropolis | Japan | | | 2 | | |
Kuji | Iwate Prefecture | Japan | | 2 | 2 | | |
Machida | Tokyo Metropolis | Japan | 15 | | 2 | | |
Matsushima | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | | | 2 | | |
Maui | Hawaii | United States | | | | US$3,300,000 |
Miharu | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | 2 | | 1 | | |
Minamisanriku | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | Unknown | 343 | 558 | | [12][13][14][15][16] |
Minamisōma | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | | 23 | 640 | | [17] |
Misawa | Aomori Prefecture | Japan | 1 | | 2 | | |
Mito | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | 83 | | 2 | | |
Miyako | Iwate Prefecture | Japan | | 121 | 420 | | |
Morro Bay Harbor | California | United States | | | | US$500,000 |
Moss Landing Harbor | California | United States | | | | US$1,750,000 |
Namegata | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | 5 | | 2 | | |
Namie | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | | 38 | 146 | | [18] |
Naraha | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | | 2 | 11 | | [19] |
Narashino | Chiba Prefecture | Japan | 6 | | 1 | | |
Nasukarasuyama | Tochigi Prefecture | Japan | 7 | | 2 | | |
Natori | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | | 71 | 911 | | [20] |
Nikkō | Tochigi Prefecture | Japan | 4 | | 1 | | |
Nishigō | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | 4 | | 3 | | |
Noda | Chiba Prefecture | Japan | 5 | | 1 | | |
Noda | Iwate Prefecture | Japan | | | 38 | | |
Noyo River Harbor | California | United States | | | | US$4,000,000 |
Ōarai | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | 706 | 1 | 24 | | |
Obanazawa | Yamagata Prefecture | Japan | 4 | | 24 | | |
OfunatoŌfunato | Iwate Prefecture | Japan | Unknown | 107 | 339 | | [18][21][22] |
Ōkuma | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | Unknown | 1 | 84 | | |
Onagawa | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | Unknown | 343 | 571 | | [23] |
Ōsaki | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | 222 | | 5 | | |
Ōsato | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | 6 | | 1 | | |
OtsuchiŌtsuchi | Iwate Prefecture | Japan | Unknown | 576 | 802 | | [24][25] |
Rifu | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | | | 46 | | |
Rikuzentakata | Iwate Prefecture | Japan | Unknown | 385 | 1554 | | [26] |
Ryūgasaki | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | 5 | | 1 | | |
Sanmu | Chiba Prefecture | Japan | 2 | | 1 | | |
Santa Cruz harbor | California | United States | | | | US$28,000,000 |
Sendai | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | Unknown | 26 | 704 | | |
Shibata | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | 4 | | 2 | | |
Shichigahama | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | Unknown | 5 | 70 | | [27][28] |
Shimotsuma | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | | | 1 | | |
Shinchi | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | | 1 | 109 | | |
Shiogama | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | | 1 | 20 | | |
Shirakawa | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | 3 | | 12 | | |
Shirako | Chiba Prefecture | Japan | | | 1 | | |
Shiroishi | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | 18 | | 1 | | |
Sōma | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | | 3 | 456 | | |
Sukagawa | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | 1 | 1 | 10 | | |
Tagajō | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | Unknown | 1 | 188 | | |
Tama | Tokyo Metropolis | Japan | | | 1 | | |
Tamura | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | 5 | | 1 | | |
Tanohata | Iwate Prefecture | Japan | | 16 | 14 | | |
Takahagi | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | 19 | | 1 | | |
Tatebayashi | Gunma Prefecture | Japan | 1 | | 1 | | |
Tōkai | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | 5 | | 4 | | |
Tokyo | Tokyo Metropolis | Japan | 90 | | 7 | | |
Tomioka | Fukushima Prefecture | Japan | | 6 | 19 | | |
Tōnoshō | Chiba Prefecture | Japan | 4 | | 1 | | |
Tsukuba | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | 13 | | 1 | | |
Ushiku | Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | 6 | | 1 | | |
Ventura Harbor | California | United States | | | | US$150,000 |
Wakuya | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | 47 | 2 | 1 | | |
Watari | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | | 13 | 257 | | |
Yachiyo | Chiba Prefecture | Japan | 3 | | 1 | | |
Yamada | Iwate Prefecture | Japan | Unknown | 211 | 604 | | |
Yamagata | Yamagata Prefecture | Japan | 9 | | 2 | | |
Yamamoto | Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | | 19 | 671 | | |
Yokohama | Kanagawa Prefecture | Japan | 76 | | 2 | | |
References
- ↑ "California tsunami death: NorCal man drowns trying to photograph tsunami – KSWB". Fox5sandiego.com. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
- ↑ Associated Press (2011-03-13). "Man swept out to sea by tsunami was Bend native". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ↑ "Klamath tsunami victim identified; search comes up empty". The Times-Standard. Eureka, CA. 2011-03-13. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ↑ "Absorbent used to soak up radioactive water, 2 found dead at nuke plant". Kyodo News, April 3, 2011
- ↑ Makinen, Julie; Hall, Kenji (April 3, 2011) "Two workers' bodies recovered at Fukushima nuclear plant".LA Times
- ↑ "NOAA Data". NOAA. April 2, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
- ↑ "NOAA Data". NOAA. March 25, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ↑ Martin, Alex; Aoki, Mizuho (April 1, 2011). "Tsunami-ravaged Ishinomaki slowly sets off on long road to recovery". Japan Times. p. 1. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Japan Tsunami Strikes Indonesia, One Confirmed Dead". The Jakarta Globe. 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
- ↑ Bloomberg L.P., "Tsunami abetted fishing sector fall", Japan Times, 26 April 2011, p. 8.
- ↑ "Disaster in Japan: Come back in ten years' time", The Economist, 26 March 2011, pp. 47-48. Retrieved 13 June 2011
- ↑ "9,500 still unaccounted in Minamisanriku of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture: Kyodo". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
- ↑ Kyung Lah, CNN (March 12, 2011). "Rescuers scramble to save lives as aftershocks jolt Japan". CNN.com. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
- ↑ 9,500 People Reported Missing in Small Town Following Japan Quake
- ↑ Devastating pictures from the port where 10,000 are missing after it was swept away by the megaquake, Peoplestar.co.uk, Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
- ↑ Horiuchi, Junko, (Kyodo News) "Evacuees persevere, eye future", Japan Times, 29 March 2011, p. 3.
- ↑ Jones, David (March 18, 2011). "'We have been betrayed': Mayor of town near stricken Japanese nuclear plant claims his people have been 'abandoned'". Daily Mail. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- 1 2 Kyodo News, "Death toll may surpass 10,000 in Miyagi", Japan Times, 14 March 2011, p. 1.
- ↑ "IAEA Update on Japan Earthquake". IAEA. March 2011.
- ↑ "Disaster Information - Victims found in Natori City". City of Natori. April 1, 2011. Archived from the original on April 3, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ↑ NOAA tsunami data table
- ↑ Gilhooly, Rob, "Survivors strive to start picking up the pieces", Japan Times, 27 March 2011, p. 7.
- ↑ Pulvers, Roger, "Japan's crises spark wide alarm and some unlikely sympathizers", Japan Times, 27 March 2011, p. 8.
- ↑ http://www.newstime.co.za/WorldNews/Tsunami_Obliterates_Otsuchi_Fishing_Town/22547/
- ↑ "Death toll to top 15,000 in quake-hit Miyagi alone: police". Kyodo News. March 20, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
- ↑ Ito, Shingo (Agence France-Presse/Jiji Press), "Iwate pine that withstood the wage now symbol of hope", Japan Times, 3 April 2011, p. 3.
- ↑ 手掛かりひたすら求め 仙台・荒浜 七ヶ浜 東松島 Kahoku Shimpo news report, 14 March 2011 (Japanese)
- ↑ Plymouth waiting to hear from Shichigahama friends eye-witness accounts on sister-town website