At 14:46 local time on March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of northeast Japan. This earthquake caused a tsunami which attacked Japan as well as a wide range of localities around the Pacific Ocean. This is the site for providing information of the 2011 off-the-Pacific-coast-of-Tohoku earthquake tsunami, operated by the Coastal Engineering Committee of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

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* Future survey plan [#f61d74d6]
- 2011/03/16 &color(red){UPDATE!: -Regarding decisions of the timing to start academic research on the Pacific coast of Northeast Japan (Fukushima, Miyagi, and Iwate prefectures-)};

- &ref(AdvisoryTsunamiSurveys.pdf);

- 2011/03/16 &color(red){UPDATE!: -Important notice for foreign researchers about field surveys in Tohoku and other area-};

- &ref(110316note1.pdf);

- 2011/03/13 &color(red){UPDATE!: Please do not enter the Tohoku area because rescue activities are still ongoing. We will provide further information on this website};