Japan’s 2011 earthquake was so powerful that it shifted the entire country’s location

Keyword: Geophysics

Publisher: Scientific American

Published: Jun 18, 2026

Japan’s catastrophic Tohoku-Oki earthquake in 2011 was so strong that it caused the entire country to “slip,” in some areas by as much as five or six millimeters, according to new research. This “ex… [+3620 chars]

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