Tokyo, April 07: A magnitude-9 quake that rocked northeastern Japan last month has shifted the seabed near the epicentre by 24 metres, a media report said Thursday.
The movement was four times larger than any previous land shift recorded in Japan.
This largest quake in Japan’s recorded history also elevated the seabed off the coast of Miyagi prefecture by three metres, the China Daily reported quoting the coast guard.
The March 11 quake and subsequent tsunami left nearly 28,000 people dead or missing and triggered a nuclear disaster at a power plant in Fukushima, 240 km north of Tokyo. The country is yet to recover from the twin disasters.
—-IANs