Historical event

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Date: March 11, 2011

A magnitude 9.1 earthquake and tsunami off Japan's coast causes nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, creating the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

Tags: fukushima, nuclear disaster, tsunami, earthquake, japan, nuclear meltdown, radiation, nuclear power, evacuation, environmental disaster

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