Japan Tsunami
Japan suffered the strike of a massive earthquake on 11 March 2011, generating the fatal tsunami which reached heights of up to 40m.
The earthquake had a 9.0 magnitude, categorising it as the most catastrophic earthquake in Japan's history.
The quake hit approximately 70km east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued warnings for Russia, Taiwan, Hawaii, Indonesia, the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Australia, and the west coasts the US, Mexico, Central America, and South America.
A massive tsunami followed the quake and it deathly destroyed cities and rural areas, washed away homes, buildings, cars and boats.
More than 15,000 people were killed.
If the devastation of thousands killed and without homes were not enough, Japan declared a state of emergency following the failure of the cooling system at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
Radiation levels inside the plant were up to 1000 times normal levels.
The aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami resulted in a massive humanitarian crisis.
More than 300,000 people were displaced in the Tohoku region and the country had to deal with shortages of food, water and shelter for the survivors.
