The earthquake Catastrophe had a relatively shallow hypocenter and caused Causation property damage Damaging in the United States estimated at US $ 30 million .

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 maximum slip was about 2.5 m , which was located about 20 and 40 km WNW of the hypocenter .