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The disaster began with a magnitude 9.0 earthquake 130 kilometers off Japan's eastern coast, at a depth of 32 kilometers, on {{date|2011-03-11}}. The earthquake triggered a tsunami with waves of up to 10 meters, some of which traveled as far as 10 kilometers inland.
 
The disaster began with a magnitude 9.0 earthquake 130 kilometers off Japan's eastern coast, at a depth of 32 kilometers, on {{date|2011-03-11}}. The earthquake triggered a tsunami with waves of up to 10 meters, some of which traveled as far as 10 kilometers inland.
  
These combined events in turn caused [[/nuclear|damage at two nuclear power plants]] operated by the [[Tokyo Electric Power Company]], the Fukushima [[wikipedia:Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant|I]] and [[wikipedia:Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant|II]] [[nuclear power]] plants. The Fukushima II (or "Daini") plant was shut down successfully (though with some concerns about radiation leakage), but the backup systems at Fukushima I (or "Da-ichi") were overwhelmed, causing several explosions and considerable radiation leakage. The situation remains uncontrolled as of this writing.
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These combined events in turn caused extensive damage and radiation leakage [[/Fukushima|damage at the two Fukushima nuclear power plants]].
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The 2011 Sendai disaster was a series of events that took place in Sendai, Japan.

The disaster began with a magnitude 9.0 earthquake 130 kilometers off Japan's eastern coast, at a depth of 32 kilometers, on 2011-03-11. The earthquake triggered a tsunami with waves of up to 10 meters, some of which traveled as far as 10 kilometers inland.

These combined events in turn caused extensive damage and radiation leakage damage at the two Fukushima nuclear power plants.

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