In 2020, there were no people reported missing or killed due to earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan. Figures were highest in 2011, in which around 22.3 thousand fatalities or missing cases were reported. That year, the Great East Japan Earthquake, also known as the Tohoku Earthquake, occurred. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan and caused a tsunami that led to the meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The damage caused by surging water was more destructive than the earthquake, as it destroyed many Japanese cities.
Number of people reported missing or killed due to earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan from 2011 to 2020
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Cabinet Office Japan. (November 11, 2021). Number of people reported missing or killed due to earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan from 2011 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189100/japan-number-people-missing-killed-earthquake-tsunami/
Cabinet Office Japan. "Number of people reported missing or killed due to earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan from 2011 to 2020." Chart. November 11, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189100/japan-number-people-missing-killed-earthquake-tsunami/
Cabinet Office Japan. (2021). Number of people reported missing or killed due to earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan from 2011 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189100/japan-number-people-missing-killed-earthquake-tsunami/
Cabinet Office Japan. "Number of People Reported Missing or Killed Due to Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Japan from 2011 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189100/japan-number-people-missing-killed-earthquake-tsunami/
Cabinet Office Japan, Number of people reported missing or killed due to earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan from 2011 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189100/japan-number-people-missing-killed-earthquake-tsunami/ (last visited June 29, 2022)