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| − | '''Sendai''' is a city in the [[Japanese]] [[Honshu]] island. It is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture. On March 11, 2011, Sendai suffered a catastrophic damage from a magnitude 9.0 offshore earthquake and the 10-meter (33-foot) high [[tsunami]]'s waves. The epicenter was 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Sendai, and 373 kilometers (231 miles) northeast of [[Tokyo]]. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the [[earthquake]] occurred at a depth of 24.4 kilometers (15.2 miles) beneath the seafloor.[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49621] In August 2005 a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 had hit also Japan's north-east coast. | + | '''Sendai''' (仙台) is a city in the [[Japanese]] [[Honshu]] island. It is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture. On March 11, 2011, Sendai suffered a catastrophic damage from a magnitude 9.0 offshore earthquake and the 10-meter (33-foot) high [[tsunami]]'s waves. The epicenter was 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Sendai, and 373 kilometers (231 miles) northeast of [[Tokyo]]. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the [[earthquake]] occurred at a depth of 24.4 kilometers (15.2 miles) beneath the seafloor.[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49621] In August 2005 a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 had hit also Japan's north-east coast. |
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| − | A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake and several powerful aftershocks struck the eastern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 (12:46 a.m. in Washington), triggering a tsunami that devastated the coastline north of Tokyo with waves up to 10 meters (33 ft.) high. The earthquake epicenter was in the western [[Pacific Ocean]], 130 kilometers east of Sendai. [ | + | A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake and several powerful aftershocks struck the eastern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 (12:46 a.m. in Washington), triggering a tsunami that devastated the coastline north of Tokyo with waves up to 10 meters (33 ft.) high. The earthquake epicenter was in the western [[Pacific Ocean]], 130 kilometers east of Sendai. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2011/03/11/ST2011031100651.html?sid=ST2011031100651] |
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Sendai, March 2011. | Sendai, March 2011. | ||
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| + | Sendai has a population of one million, it is the political and economic center of Japan's Tohoku (northeast) Region. | ||
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| + | File:Sendai Japan.jpg|One of the largest city in Japan. | ||
| + | File:Burning factory in Sendai March Kyodo Reuters Japan.jpg|Burning factory. | ||
| + | File:Crossroad in Sendai Japan March 2011 Jo Yong-Hak Reuters.jpg|Crossroad. | ||
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| + | Sendai is known as "The City of Trees." The main streets, Aoba-dori and Jozenji-dori, are lined with rows of beautiful zelkova trees, The Christmas illumination, the "Sendai Pageant of Starlight" is spectacular, not to mention the beauty of fresh verdure in spring and the scarlet-tinged leaves in autumn. Ichiban-cho-dori Street, which crosses Chuo-dori Street and runs parallel to Aoba-dori Street, is a shopping area. A local market, with many smaller stores is lining the side streets. [http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/miyagi/sendai.html] | ||
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| + | [[File:Tanabata in Sendai Japan.jpg|thumb|center|400px|Sendai is known for having the largest tanabata festival in the world.]] | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
| − | + | [[File:Map of Sendai Earthquake 2011.jpg|right|300px]] | |
*[[Ainu]] | *[[Ainu]] | ||
*[[Kamakura]] | *[[Kamakura]] | ||
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*[[Nara]] | *[[Nara]] | ||
*[[Aomori]] | *[[Aomori]] | ||
| + | *[[F u k u s h i m a|Fu''''kushima]] | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.cnbc.com/id/42057306/Dispatches_from_Sendai Dispatches from Sendai, Japan.] |
| − | + | *[http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5150.html Sendai.] | |
[[Category:Japan]] | [[Category:Japan]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:16, April 9, 2019
Sendai (ä»å°) is a city in the Japanese Honshu island. It is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture. On March 11, 2011, Sendai suffered a catastrophic damage from a magnitude 9.0 offshore earthquake and the 10-meter (33-foot) high tsunami's waves. The epicenter was 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Sendai, and 373 kilometers (231 miles) northeast of Tokyo. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.4 kilometers (15.2 miles) beneath the seafloor.[1] In August 2005 a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 had hit also Japan's north-east coast.
A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake and several powerful aftershocks struck the eastern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 (12:46 a.m. in Washington), triggering a tsunami that devastated the coastline north of Tokyo with waves up to 10 meters (33 ft.) high. The earthquake epicenter was in the western Pacific Ocean, 130 kilometers east of Sendai. [2]
Sendai, March 2011.
Sendai has a population of one million, it is the political and economic center of Japan's Tohoku (northeast) Region.
One of the largest city in Japan.
Burning factory.
Crossroad.
Sendai is known as "The City of Trees." The main streets, Aoba-dori and Jozenji-dori, are lined with rows of beautiful zelkova trees, The Christmas illumination, the "Sendai Pageant of Starlight" is spectacular, not to mention the beauty of fresh verdure in spring and the scarlet-tinged leaves in autumn. Ichiban-cho-dori Street, which crosses Chuo-dori Street and runs parallel to Aoba-dori Street, is a shopping area. A local market, with many smaller stores is lining the side streets. [3]
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