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Tsunami reached 77 feet in Iwate on March 11

  • By Tomoko Yamazaki
  • March 23, 2011
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Tsunami waves may have reached 23.6 meters (77 feet) when the March 11 earthquake struck Ofunato city in Iwate Prefecture, according to a study by Japan’s Port and Airport Research Institute released today.

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