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Japan falls silent to mark anniversary of 2011 tsunami disaster
TOKYO, March 11, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Japan fell silent on Thursday afternoon
to mark 10 years since the worst natural disaster in the country’s living
memory: a powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown that
traumatised a nation.
A minute’s silence was observed across the country at 2.46 pm local time
(0546 GMT), the precise moment a 9.0 magnitude quake hit off the northeast
coast on March 11, 2011, triggering a disaster that left some 18,500 dead or
missing.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1158 hrs