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Hamada II           647/023 RLR(1993) is 9.7m below Attached BM
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A massive earthquake magnitude 9.0 occurred at 14.46 JST (05.46 UTC) on Friday 11th March 2011 with the epicentre situated approx. 70km east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku. It was the largest earthquake ever to hit Japan triggering a tsunami with waves up to 40.5m high and travelling up to 10 km inland.