List of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

This is an alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least US$100,000 in damages or at least one death.

City Region Country Injured Missing Deaths Damage costs References
Aizuwakamatsu Fukushima Prefecture Japan 6 1
Asahi Chiba Prefecture Japan 249 2 20
Berkeley Marina California United States US$125,000
Big Island Hawaii United States US$18,300,000
Chiyoda Tokyo Metropolis Japan 28 2
Crescent City California United States 1 [1][2][3]
Fujisawa Kanagawa Prefecture Japan 8 1
Fukushima Fukushima Prefecture Japan 19 3
Futaba Fukushima Prefecture Japan 5 30 [4][5]
Hachinohe Aomori Prefecture Japan 61 1 3
Haga Tochigi Prefecture Japan 28 1
Haleiwa Hawaii United States US$300,000
Hakodate Hokkaido Prefecture Japan 3 1
Higashimatsushima Miyagi Prefecture Japan 94 1044 [6]
Hirono Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 2
Hitachinaka Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 28 2
Hitachiōta Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 2 1
Honolulu Hawaii United States US$3,400,000
Iitate Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 1
Ishikawa Fukushima Prefecture Japan 4 1
Ishinomaki Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 717 3173 [7][8]
Iwaizumi Iwate Prefecture Japan 7
Iwaki Fukushima Prefecture Japan 38 310
Iwanuma Miyagi Prefecture Japan 1 182
Jayapura Papua Indonesia 1 [9]
Jōsō Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 4 1
Kamaishi Iwate Prefecture Japan Unknown 198 884
Kanagawa Kanagawa Prefecture Japan 131 4
Kashima Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 1
Kashiwa Chiba Prefecture Japan 22 1
Katsurao Fukushima Prefecture Japan 7
Kawasaki Kanagawa Prefecture Japan 17 1
Kesennuma Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 383 1023 [10][11]
Kitaibaraki Ibaraki Prefecture Japan
Kona Coast Hawaii United States 1
Kōriyama Fukushima Prefecture Japan 4 1
Kōtō Tokyo Metropolis Japan 2
Kuji Iwate Prefecture Japan 2 2
Machida Tokyo Metropolis Japan 15 2
Matsushima Miyagi Prefecture Japan 2
Maui Hawaii United States US$3,300,000
Miharu Fukushima Prefecture Japan 2 1
Minamisanriku Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 343 558 [12][13][14][15][16]
Minamisōma Fukushima Prefecture Japan 23 640 [17]
Misawa Aomori Prefecture Japan 1 2
Mito Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 83 2
Miyako Iwate Prefecture Japan 121 420
Morro Bay Harbor California United States US$500,000
Moss Landing Harbor California United States US$1,750,000
Namegata Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 5 2
Namie Fukushima Prefecture Japan 38 146 [18]
Naraha Fukushima Prefecture Japan 2 11 [19]
Narashino Chiba Prefecture Japan 6 1
Nasukarasuyama Tochigi Prefecture Japan 7 2
Natori Miyagi Prefecture Japan 71 911 [20]
Nikkō Tochigi Prefecture Japan 4 1
Nishigō Fukushima Prefecture Japan 4 3
Noda Chiba Prefecture Japan 5 1
Noda Iwate Prefecture Japan 38
Noyo River Harbor California United States US$4,000,000
Ōarai Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 706 1 24
Obanazawa Yamagata Prefecture Japan 4 24
Ōfunato Iwate Prefecture Japan Unknown 107 339 [18][21][22]
Ōkuma Fukushima Prefecture Japan Unknown 1 84
Onagawa Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 343 571 [23]
Ōsaki Miyagi Prefecture Japan 222 5
Ōsato Miyagi Prefecture Japan 6 1
Ōtsuchi Iwate Prefecture Japan Unknown 576 802 [24][25]
Rifu Miyagi Prefecture Japan 46
Rikuzentakata Iwate Prefecture Japan Unknown 385 1554 [26]
Ryūgasaki Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 5 1
Sanmu Chiba Prefecture Japan 2 1
Santa Cruz harbor California United States US$28,000,000
Sendai Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 26 704
Shibata Miyagi Prefecture Japan 4 2
Shichigahama Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 5 70 [27][28]
Shimotsuma Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 1
Shinchi Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 109
Shiogama Miyagi Prefecture Japan 1 20
Shirakawa Fukushima Prefecture Japan 3 12
Shirako Chiba Prefecture Japan 1
Shiroishi Miyagi Prefecture Japan 18 1
Sōma Fukushima Prefecture Japan 3 456
Sukagawa Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 1 10
Tagajō Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 1 188
Tama Tokyo Metropolis Japan 1
Tamura Fukushima Prefecture Japan 5 1
Tanohata Iwate Prefecture Japan 16 14
Takahagi Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 19 1
Tatebayashi Gunma Prefecture Japan 1 1
Tōkai Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 5 4
Tokyo Tokyo Metropolis Japan 90 7
Tomioka Fukushima Prefecture Japan 6 19
Tōnoshō Chiba Prefecture Japan 4 1
Tsukuba Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 13 1
Ushiku Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 6 1
Ventura Harbor California United States US$150,000
Wakuya Miyagi Prefecture Japan 47 2 1
Watari Miyagi Prefecture Japan 13 257
Yachiyo Chiba Prefecture Japan 3 1
Yamada Iwate Prefecture Japan Unknown 211 604
Yamagata Yamagata Prefecture Japan 9 2
Yamamoto Miyagi Prefecture Japan 19 671
Yokohama Kanagawa Prefecture Japan 76 2

References

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  2. ↑ Associated Press (2011-03-13). "Man swept out to sea by tsunami was Bend native". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  3. ↑ "Klamath tsunami victim identified; search comes up empty". The Times-Standard. Eureka, CA. 2011-03-13. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  4. ↑ "Absorbent used to soak up radioactive water, 2 found dead at nuke plant". Kyodo News, April 3, 2011
  5. ↑ Makinen, Julie; Hall, Kenji (April 3, 2011) "Two workers' bodies recovered at Fukushima nuclear plant".LA Times
  6. ↑ "NOAA Data". NOAA. April 2, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ "NOAA Data". NOAA. March 25, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
  8. ↑ Martin, Alex; Aoki, Mizuho (April 1, 2011). "Tsunami-ravaged Ishinomaki slowly sets off on long road to recovery". Japan Times. p. 1. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Japan Tsunami Strikes Indonesia, One Confirmed Dead". The Jakarta Globe. 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  10. ↑ Bloomberg L.P., "Tsunami abetted fishing sector fall", Japan Times, 26 April 2011, p. 8.
  11. ↑ "Disaster in Japan: Come back in ten years' time", The Economist, 26 March 2011, pp. 47-48. Retrieved 13 June 2011
  12. ↑ "9,500 still unaccounted in Minamisanriku of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture: Kyodo". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  13. ↑ Kyung Lah, CNN (March 12, 2011). "Rescuers scramble to save lives as aftershocks jolt Japan". CNN.com. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  14. ↑ 9,500 People Reported Missing in Small Town Following Japan Quake
  15. ↑ Devastating pictures from the port where 10,000 are missing after it was swept away by the megaquake, Peoplestar.co.uk, Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
  16. ↑ Horiuchi, Junko, (Kyodo News) "Evacuees persevere, eye future", Japan Times, 29 March 2011, p. 3.
  17. ↑ Jones, David (March 18, 2011). "'We have been betrayed': Mayor of town near stricken Japanese nuclear plant claims his people have been 'abandoned'". Daily Mail. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  18. 1 2 Kyodo News, "Death toll may surpass 10,000 in Miyagi", Japan Times, 14 March 2011, p. 1.
  19. ↑ "IAEA Update on Japan Earthquake". IAEA. March 2011.
  20. ↑ "Disaster Information - Victims found in Natori City". City of Natori. April 1, 2011. Archived from the original on April 3, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  21. ↑ NOAA tsunami data table
  22. ↑ Gilhooly, Rob, "Survivors strive to start picking up the pieces", Japan Times, 27 March 2011, p. 7.
  23. ↑ Pulvers, Roger, "Japan's crises spark wide alarm and some unlikely sympathizers", Japan Times, 27 March 2011, p. 8.
  24. ↑ http://www.newstime.co.za/WorldNews/Tsunami_Obliterates_Otsuchi_Fishing_Town/22547/
  25. ↑ "Death toll to top 15,000 in quake-hit Miyagi alone: police". Kyodo News. March 20, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  26. ↑ Ito, Shingo (Agence France-Presse/Jiji Press), "Iwate pine that withstood the wage now symbol of hope", Japan Times, 3 April 2011, p. 3.
  27. ↑ 手掛かりひたすら求め　仙台・荒浜　七ヶ浜　東松島 Kahoku Shimpo news report, 14 March 2011 (Japanese)
  28. ↑ Plymouth waiting to hear from Shichigahama friends eye-witness accounts on sister-town website
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