Sanriku Coast
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The Sanriku Coast (
Tourist destination
There are the Tanesashi Coast, the Rikuchu Kaigan National Park and the Minami-Sanriku Kinkazan Quasi-National Park in the Sanriku Coast region.[4]
Earthquakes and tsunami
The bays of this ria coastline tend to amplify the destructiveness of tsunami waves.[5] Significant events which devastated coastal communities include:
- 869 Jogan Sanriku earthquake
- 1611 Keicho Sanriku earthquake
- 1896 Sanriku earthquake
- 1933 Sanriku earthquake
- 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Prior to 2011, the tsunami history of Sanriku might have been interpreted as a story of progressively fewer casualties due to human intervention and planning. The 2011 disaster created a new baseline for analysis of regularly occurring tsunamis.[6]
See also
Notes
- ^ Japan-i, Sanriku Coastline/Kamaishi Daikannon
- ^ Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sanriku Coast; Sanriku
- ^ Nippon-Kichi,
三陸 リアス式海岸 Sanriku-riasushiki-kaigan Saw-tooth Sanriku Coastline - ^
種差 海岸 を国立 公園 に編入 へ環境省 方針 (in Japanese). Daily Tohoku. October 5, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2011. - ^ Satake, Kenji (2005). Tsunamis: Case Studies and Recent Developments. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research (Book 23). Springer. p. 99. ISBN 1402033265.
- ^ Clancy, Gregory. "Sanriku: Japan's 'Tsunami Coast'," The Telegraph (UK). March 14, 2011.
39°58′14″N 141°57′15″E / 39.9706°N 141.9542°E