- The Northern Marianas
- Guam
- Wake Is
- Northern Taiwan
- Yap Island
- Marshall Islands
- Philippines
- Midway Is, Taiwan
- Palau
- Chuuk Attol
- Kosrae Island
- Indonesia
- northern Papua New Guinea
- Nauru
- Johnston Is
- Northern Solomon Islands
- Kiribati
- Howland-Baker island
- Hawaii
- Tuvalu (the 10 metre tsunami is taller than the island)
- Palmyra Is,
- Vanuatu,
- Cook Islands,
- Eastern Russia
- Niue,
- northern Australia,
- Fiji,
- Wallis and Futuna,
- Samoa,
- American Samoa,
- New Caledonia,
- Tonga,
- Kermadec Is,
- Possibly French Polynesia,
- New Zealand,
- Easter Island
- Possibly Pitcairn Island.
The 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami was an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resultant tsunami waves. It was measured at 7 on the JMA seismic intensity scale in the northern Miyagi prefecture, while the Japan Meteorological Agency's tsunami warning listed the magnitude as 8.4. Reportedly, the epicenter was located off the east coast of Tohoku, Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46 UTC (2:46 p.m. local time) at a depth of 24.4 kilometres (15.2 mi).
Friday, March 11, 2011
Present alert status
At 9:40 a.m (GMT), a widespread tsunami wave warning is in effect for:
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