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by BurningFrog 1687 days ago
More than displaced, the tsunami killed 20,000 people.

It was also the biggest Earthquake in 1000+ years of recorded Japanese history, and hit a small area where it could produce a tsunami overflowing the tsunami walls.

In the 99.99% likely world where this didn't happen, we'd have a much healthier nuclear power situation. But now we're in this world...