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The Sanriku Coast (三陸海岸, sanriku kaigan) is a coastal region on the Pacific Ocean, extending from southern Aomori Prefecture, through Iwate Prefecture and northern Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Honshū, which is Japan's main island. The name comes from the historical region of Sanriku (lit. "three riku"), referring to the former provinces of Rikuō, Rikuchū and Rikuzen.




Tourist destination


There are the Tanesashi Coast, the Rikuchu Kaigan National Park and the Minami-Sanriku Kinkazan Quasi-National Park in the Sanriku Coast region.




Earthquakes and tsunami



The bays of this ria coastline tend to amplify the destructiveness of tsunami waves.
Significant events which devastated coastal communities include:

0869 Jogan Sanriku earthquake
1611 Keicho Sanriku earthquake
1896 Meiji Sanriku earthquake
1933 Showa Sanriku earthquake
1960 Valdivia earthquake
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Prior to 2011, the tsunami history of Sanriku might have been interpreted as a story of progressively fewer casualties due to human intervention and planning. The 2011 disaster created a new baseline for analysis of regularly occurring tsunamis.




See also


Sanriku Railway
Sanriku, Iwate
Tōhoku region
Tōsandō




Notes

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Gempa bumi Sanriku 869
• Gempa bumi Kepulauan Aleut 1585
• Daftar gempa bumi di Jepang
• Tsunami
• Daftar gempa bumi terkuat sepanjang sejarah
• Sanriku Coast
• Seismicity of the Sanriku coast
• 1933 Sanriku earthquake
• Ria
• 1896 Sanriku earthquake
• Sanriku
• Sanriku Fukkō National Park
• List of earthquakes in Japan
• Tōhoku region
• 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami