There were no direct effects Influence of the earthquake Catastrophe 's shaking Motion due to its low intensity , and the large loss Damaging of life from the event was due Causation to the resulting Causation tsunami Catastrophe , which inundated Destroying a portion of the Java coast that had been unaffected Causation by the earlier 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami Catastrophe that was off the coast of Sumatra .

The 2006 Pangandaran earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami Catastrophe occurred Presence on July 17 at along a subduction zone off the coast of west and central Java , a large and densely populated island in the Indonesian archipelago .

An abnormally slow rupture Destroying at the Sunda Trench and a tsunami Catastrophe that was unusually strong relative Protest to the size of the earthquake Catastrophe were both factors that led to Causation it being categorized as a tsunami Catastrophe earthquake Catastrophe .

An abnormally slow rupture Destroying at the Sunda Trench and a tsunami Catastrophe that was unusually strong relative Protest to the size of the earthquake Catastrophe were both factors that led to Causation it being categorized as a tsunami Catastrophe earthquake Catastrophe .

Several thousand kilometers to the southeast , surges of several meters were observed Know in northwestern Australia , but in Java the tsunami Catastrophe runups ( height above normal sea level ) were typically and resulted in Causation the deaths Death of more than 600 people .

Other factors contributed to the tsunami Catastrophe being largely undetected Preventing_or_letting until it was too late and , although a tsunami watch was posted Sending by an American tsunami warning center and a Japanese meteorological center , no information was delivered Sending to people at the coast .

There were no direct effects Influence of the earthquake Catastrophe 's shaking Motion due to its low intensity , and the large loss Damaging of life from the event was due Causation to the resulting Causation tsunami Catastrophe , which inundated Destroying a portion of the Java coast that had been unaffected Causation by the earlier 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami Catastrophe that was off the coast of Sumatra .

Other factors contributed to the tsunami Catastrophe being largely undetected Preventing_or_letting until it was too late and , although a tsunami watch was posted Sending by an American tsunami warning center and a Japanese meteorological center , no information was delivered Sending to people at the coast .

Other factors contributed to the tsunami Catastrophe being largely undetected Preventing_or_letting until it was too late and , although a tsunami watch was posted Sending by an American tsunami warning center and a Japanese meteorological center , no information was delivered Sending to people at the coast .

A tsunami Catastrophe created by the blast wiped Destroying out the community of the Mi'kmaq First Nation who had lived in the Tufts Cove area for generations .

A pressure wave snapped Destroying trees , bent Change iron rails , demolished Destroying buildings , grounded Connect vessels ( including `` Imo '' , which was washed ashore by the ensuing tsunami ) , and scattered Dispersal fragments of `` Mont-Blanc '' for kilometres .

Liquefaction was also a significant issue Catastrophe , especially in the heavily damaged Damaging Marina District of San Francisco , but its effects Influence were also seen Perception_active in the East Bay , and near the shore of Monterey Bay , where a non-destructive tsunami was also observed Perception_active .

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 tsunami swept the Japanese mainland and killed Killing over ten thousand people , mainly through drowning Bodily_harm , though blunt trauma also caused Causation many deaths Death .

The earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami also caused Causation extensive and severe structural damage Damaging in north-eastern Japan , including heavy damage Damaging to roads and railways as well as fires Attack in many areas , and a dam collapse .

The tsunami caused Causation nuclear accidents , primarily the level 7 meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant complex , and the associated Motion evacuation zones affecting Influence hundreds of thousands of residents .

A tsunami Catastrophe was also generated .

The World Bank 's estimate for this disaster Catastrophe means it ranks as the world 's fourth costliest disaster Catastrophe as of 2011 surpassed only by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami Catastrophe in Japan , Great Hanshin earthquake Catastrophe in 1995 , Forest fires Catastrophe in 1997 , Indian Ocean tsunami Catastrophe in 2004 and Hurricane Catastrophe Katrina in 2005 .

The World Bank 's estimate for this disaster Catastrophe means it ranks as the world 's fourth costliest disaster Catastrophe as of 2011 surpassed only by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami Catastrophe in Japan , Great Hanshin earthquake Catastrophe in 1995 , Forest fires Catastrophe in 1997 , Indian Ocean tsunami Catastrophe in 2004 and Hurricane Catastrophe Katrina in 2005 .

The earthquake triggered Causation a tsunami which devastated Destroying several coastal towns in south-central Chile and damaged Damaging the port at Talcahuano .

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Warning Center issued Creating a warning Warning about the possibility of a local tsunami within of the epicenter .

Sri Lanka were touring Traveling New Zealand immediately before this series , completing Process_end a tour that should have been played Participation in 2004–05 but was postponed Change_event_time because of the Asian tsunami ; they lost Earnings_and_losses three ODIs and won only one .

As the largest earthquake in California since the 1989 Loma Prieta event several years earlier , the mainshock caused Causation a non-destructive tsunami Catastrophe that quickly reached Arriving the coast , and eventually Alaska and Hawaii several hours later .

The tsunami Catastrophe was significant not because of its run-up , but because of the speed with which it reached Arriving the coast and for how long the waves persisted .

Previously , Bohol was also hit Attack by an earthquake Catastrophe on February 8 , 1990 that damaged Damaging several buildings and caused Causation a tsunami .

A tsunami Catastrophe of 1 metre high was reported Reporting .

It followed Self_motion five months after Japan was hit by a large tsunami .

The accident was started Process_start by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011 .

The earthquake generated Creating a 14-meter-high tsunami that arrived Arriving 46 minutes later , sweeping Scouring over the plant 's seawall and flooding Destroying the plant 's lower grounds around the Units 1-4 reactor buildings with sea water , which filled Filling the basements and knocked out the emergency generators .

One survivor described Statement the event as feeling like `` the apocalypse ; '' others described Statement it as `` like a tsunami Catastrophe '' or earthquake Catastrophe .