Abstract
The earthquake occurred at 2:46 pm on 11 March 2011. The magnitude was 9. It was the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. Thirty minutes after the earthquake, a tsunami occurred; the tsunami struck the northeast coast of Japan. At least 15,854 people died. There were more than 340,000 refugees, and 3155 people are still missing 1 year later.
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We wish to express our gratitude for all the encouragement and the generous donations given to Japan after the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake by people from all over the world.
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Dohjima, T., Shimizu, K. (2016). Tsunami and Flood. In: Wolfson, N., Lerner, A., Roshal, L. (eds) Orthopedics in Disasters. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48950-5_11
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