The was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 ( M ) undersea megathrust earthquake Catastrophe off the coast of Japan that occurred Coming_to_be at 14:46 JST ( 05:46 UTC ) on Friday 11 March 2011 , with the epicentre approximately east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately .

The , or Kobe earthquake Catastrophe , occurred Presence on January 17 , 1995 at 05:46:53 JST ( January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC ) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture , Japan , including the region known as Hanshin .