The earthquake Catastrophe triggered Causation powerful tsunami waves that may have reached Arriving heights of up to in Miyako in Tōhoku 's Iwate Prefecture , and which , in the Sendai area , traveled Motion at for up to inland .

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 .

The took place Process_start in Japan on 6 August 1181 ( or by the Japanese calendar , Jishō-5 year , 4-month , 25-day ) , in the present-day town of Sunomata , Gifu Prefecture .

Rainfall peaked Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale at 821 mm ( 32.32 in ) in Miyazaki Prefecture .

The 2010 Gansu mudslide Catastrophe was a deadly mudslide Catastrophe in Zhouqu County , Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , China that occurred Coming_to_be at 12 midnight on 8 August 2010 .

The bridge , situated Placing over the Dadu River in Luding County , Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , Sichuan , China , was located about 80 kilometers west of the city of Ya'an and was a river crossing Motion_directional vital to the Red Army .

The , or `` Black Fortress '' , was a fortress of the `` Kanrei '' Shiba Takatsune located in Echizen Province ( present-day Nittazuka , Fukui , Fukui Prefecture ) in the Hokuriku region of Japan .

These rains triggered Causation deadly flooding and mudslides , especially in Hyōgo Prefecture .

The was a nuclear accident Catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma , Fukushima Prefecture .

The was a hostage crisis Catastrophe and police siege Besieging in a mountain lodge near Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture , Japan that lasted from February 19 to February 28 , 1972 .