2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami/Definition

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2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami [r]: Major seismic event and resulting tidal wave that struck north-east Japan on 11th March 2011, leading to about 20,000 deaths and a nuclear disaster in Fukushima prefecture.