This is an alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least US$100,000 in damage or at least one death.

City Region Country Injured Missing Deaths Damage costs References
Aizuwakamatsu Fukushima Prefecture Japan 6 1
Asahi Chiba Prefecture Japan 272 2 20
Chiyoda Tokyo Metropolis Japan 28 2
Crescent City California United States 1 [1][2][3]
Fudai Iwate Prefecture Japan 4 1 [4]
Fujisawa Kanagawa Prefecture Japan 8 1
Fukushima Fukushima Prefecture Japan 19 3
Futaba Fukushima Prefecture Japan 5 30 [5][6]
Hachinohe Aomori Prefecture Japan 61 1 3
Haga Tochigi Prefecture Japan 28 1
Hakodate Hokkaido Prefecture Japan 1 1 [7]
Higashimatsushima Miyagi Prefecture Japan 94 1044 [8]
Hirono Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 2
Hitachinaka Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 28 2
Hitachiōta Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 2 1
Iitate Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 1
Ishikawa Fukushima Prefecture Japan 4 1
Ishinomaki Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 688 3278 [9]
Iwaizumi Iwate Prefecture Japan 10 [4]
Iwaki Fukushima Prefecture Japan 38 310
Iwanuma Miyagi Prefecture Japan 1 182
Jayapura Papua Indonesia 1 [10]
Jōsō Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 4 1
Kamaishi Iwate Prefecture Japan Unknown 152 986 [4]
Kanagawa Kanagawa Prefecture Japan 131 4
Kashima Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 1
Kashiwa Chiba Prefecture Japan 22 1
Katsurao Fukushima Prefecture Japan 7
Kawasaki Kanagawa Prefecture Japan 17 1
Kesennuma Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 383 1023 [11][12]
Kitaibaraki Ibaraki Prefecture Japan
Kōriyama Fukushima Prefecture Japan 4 1
Kōtō Tokyo Metropolis Japan 2
Kuji Iwate Prefecture Japan 10 2 3 [4]
Machida Tokyo Metropolis Japan 15 2
Matsushima Miyagi Prefecture Japan 2
Miharu Fukushima Prefecture Japan 2 1
Minamisanriku Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 343 558 [13][14][15][16][17]
Minamisōma Fukushima Prefecture Japan 23 640 [citation needed]
Misawa Aomori Prefecture Japan 1 2
Mito Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 83 2
Miyako Iwate Prefecture Japan 33 94 467 [4]
Namegata Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 5 2
Namie Fukushima Prefecture Japan 38 146 [18]
Naraha Fukushima Prefecture Japan 2 11 [19]
Narashino Chiba Prefecture Japan 6 1
Nasukarasuyama Tochigi Prefecture Japan 7 2
Natori Miyagi Prefecture Japan 71 911 [20]
Nikkō Tochigi Prefecture Japan 4 1
Nishigō Fukushima Prefecture Japan 4 3
Noda Chiba Prefecture Japan 5 1
Noda Iwate Prefecture Japan 19 39 [4]
Ōarai Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 706 1 24
Obanazawa Yamagata Prefecture Japan 4 1 [21]
OfunatoŌfunato Iwate Prefecture Japan Unknown 79 414 [4]
Ōkuma Fukushima Prefecture Japan Unknown 1 84
Onagawa Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 343 571 [22]
Ōsaki Miyagi Prefecture Japan 222 5
Ōsato Miyagi Prefecture Japan 6 1
OtsuchiŌtsuchi Iwate Prefecture Japan Unknown 433 853 [4]
Rifu Miyagi Prefecture Japan 46
Rikuzentakata Iwate Prefecture Japan Unknown 215 1598 [4]
Ryūgasaki Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 5 1
Sanmu Chiba Prefecture Japan 2 1
Sendai Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 26 704
Shibata Miyagi Prefecture Japan 4 2
Shichigahama Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 5 70 [23][24]
Shimotsuma Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 1
Shinchi Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 109
Shiogama Miyagi Prefecture Japan 1 20
Shirakawa Fukushima Prefecture Japan 3 12
Shirako Chiba Prefecture Japan 1
Shiroishi Miyagi Prefecture Japan 18 1
Sōma Fukushima Prefecture Japan 3 456
Sukagawa Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 1 10
Tagajō Miyagi Prefecture Japan Unknown 1 188
Tama Tokyo Metropolis Japan 1
Tamura Fukushima Prefecture Japan 5 1
Tanohata Iwate Prefecture Japan 15 17 [4]
Takahagi Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 19 1
Tatebayashi Gunma Prefecture Japan 1 1
Tōkai Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 5 4
Tokyo Tokyo Metropolis Japan 90 7
Tomioka Fukushima Prefecture Japan 6 19
Tōnoshō Chiba Prefecture Japan 4 1
Tsukuba Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 13 1
Ushiku Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 6 1
Wakuya Miyagi Prefecture Japan 47 2 1
Watari Miyagi Prefecture Japan 13 257
Yachiyo Chiba Prefecture Japan 3 1
Yamada Iwate Prefecture Japan Unknown 149 671 [4]
Yamagata Yamagata Prefecture Japan 9 2
Yamamoto Miyagi Prefecture Japan 19 671
Yokohama Kanagawa Prefecture Japan 76 2

References

  1. ^ "California tsunami death: NorCal man drowns trying to photograph tsunami – KSWB". Fox5sandiego.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
  2. ^ Associated Press (2011-03-13). "Man swept out to sea by tsunami was Bend native". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  3. ^ "Klamath tsunami victim identified; search comes up empty". The Times-Standard. Eureka, CA. 2011-03-13. Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k https://iwate-archive.pref.iwate.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/records_of_miyako_city.pdf
  5. ^ "Absorbent used to soak up radioactive water, 2 found dead at nuke plant". Kyodo News, April 3, 2011
  6. ^ Makinen, Julie; Hall, Kenji (April 3, 2011) "Two workers' bodies recovered at Fukushima nuclear plant".LA Times
  7. ^ "平成２３年（２０１１年）東北地方大平洋沖地震情報について - 総務部危機対策局危機対策課". www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  8. ^ "NOAA Data". NOAA. April 2, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  9. ^ http://www.thr.mlit.go.jp/iwate/kawa/seibi_keikaku/dai6/image/dai6_02.pdf
  10. ^ "Japan Tsunami Strikes Indonesia, One Confirmed Dead". The Jakarta Globe. 2011-03-12. Archived from the original on 2011-03-15. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  11. ^ Bloomberg L.P., "Tsunami abetted fishing sector fall", Japan Times, 26 April 2011, p. 8.
  12. ^ "Disaster in Japan: Come back in ten years' time", The Economist, 26 March 2011, pp. 47–48. Retrieved 13 June 2011
  13. ^ "9,500 still unaccounted in Minamisanriku of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture: Kyodo". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on March 15, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  14. ^ Kyung Lah, CNN (March 12, 2011). "Rescuers scramble to save lives as aftershocks jolt Japan". CNN.com. Retrieved 2011-03-12. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ "9,500 People Reported Missing in Small Town Following Japan Quake". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  16. ^ Devastating pictures from the port where 10,000 are missing after it was swept away by the megaquake Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine, Peoplestar.co.uk, Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
  17. ^ Horiuchi, Junko, (Kyodo News) "Evacuees persevere, eye future", Japan Times, 29 March 2011, p. 3.
  18. ^ Kyodo News, "Death toll may surpass 10,000 in Miyagi Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine", Japan Times, 14 March 2011, p. 1.
  19. ^ "IAEA Update on Japan Earthquake". IAEA. March 2011.
  20. ^ "Disaster Information – Victims found in Natori City". City of Natori. April 1, 2011. Archived from the original on March 22, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  21. ^ Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters: HFA IRIDeS Review Preliminary Report Focusing on 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake (PDF). International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University. 2013. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  22. ^ Pulvers, Roger, "Japan's crises spark wide alarm and some unlikely sympathizers", Japan Times, 27 March 2011, p. 8.
  23. ^ 手掛かりひたすら求め　仙台・荒浜　七ヶ浜　東松島 Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine Kahoku Shimpo news report, 14 March 2011 (in Japanese)
  24. ^ Plymouth waiting to hear from Shichigahama friends eye-witness accounts on sister-town website