Abundant evidence indicates that such a new volcano exists at L'ihi, a seamount (or submarine peak) located about 20 miles off the south coast.
In 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake -- one of the worst ever to hit Japan -- killed more than 20,000 people and caused tsunamis of up to 12 meters (40 feet) which swamped the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, triggering a nuclear meltdown. Fukushima resident: We live in fear.
THE EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK off the Pacific coast of Japan on Friday 11 March, was reported by the USGS (US Geological Survey) to be magnitude 8.9, but the Japan Meteorological Agency on Monday upgraded it to magnitude 9.0, making it perhaps the fourth largest earthquake since records began.cuador coast, 31 January 1906 (8.8). This earthquake caused a tsunami that is reported to have killed between 500 and 1,500 in Ecuador and Colombia. The tsunami travelled as far north as San Francisco, on the west coast of the US, and west to Hawaii and Japan.