Slide Show: The Big One
World News • March 2011 • Views: 467
An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan on March 11 — one of the largest recorded in the last 100 years. The earthquake triggered a tsunami that swept across parts of northern Japan and caused waves to hit shores as far away as Oregon. About 200 to 300 bodies were found in Sendai, the closest city to the epicenter of the quake — though Japanese officals expect the death toll to rise. Here, people in Tokyo watch the smoke rising from a fire caused by the earthquake.