List of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

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.

CityRegionCountryInjuredMissingDeathsDamage costsReferences
AizuwakamatsuFukushima PrefectureJapan61
AsahiChiba PrefectureJapan272220
ChiyodaTokyo MetropolisJapan282
Crescent CityCaliforniaUnited States1[1][2][3]
FujisawaKanagawa PrefectureJapan81
FukushimaFukushima PrefectureJapan193
FutabaFukushima PrefectureJapan530[4][5]
HachinoheAomori PrefectureJapan6113
HagaTochigi PrefectureJapan281
HakodateHokkaido PrefectureJapan31
HigashimatsushimaMiyagi PrefectureJapan941044[6]
HironoFukushima PrefectureJapan12
HitachinakaIbaraki PrefectureJapan282
HitachiōtaIbaraki PrefectureJapan21
IitateFukushima PrefectureJapan11
IshikawaFukushima PrefectureJapan41
IshinomakiMiyagi PrefectureJapanUnknown7173173[7][8]
IwaizumiIwate PrefectureJapan7
IwakiFukushima PrefectureJapan38310
IwanumaMiyagi PrefectureJapan1182
JayapuraPapuaIndonesia1[9]
JōsōIbaraki PrefectureJapan41
KamaishiIwate PrefectureJapanUnknown198884
KanagawaKanagawa PrefectureJapan1314
KashimaIbaraki PrefectureJapan1
KashiwaChiba PrefectureJapan221
KatsuraoFukushima PrefectureJapan7
KawasakiKanagawa PrefectureJapan171
KesennumaMiyagi PrefectureJapanUnknown3831023 [10][11]
KitaibarakiIbaraki PrefectureJapan
KōriyamaFukushima PrefectureJapan41
KōtōTokyo MetropolisJapan2
KujiIwate PrefectureJapan22
MachidaTokyo MetropolisJapan152
MatsushimaMiyagi PrefectureJapan2
MiharuFukushima PrefectureJapan21
MinamisanrikuMiyagi PrefectureJapanUnknown343558[12][13][14][15][16]
MinamisōmaFukushima PrefectureJapan23640
MisawaAomori PrefectureJapan12
MitoIbaraki PrefectureJapan832
MiyakoIwate PrefectureJapan121420
NamegataIbaraki PrefectureJapan52
NamieFukushima PrefectureJapan38146[17]
NarahaFukushima PrefectureJapan211[18]
NarashinoChiba PrefectureJapan61
NasukarasuyamaTochigi PrefectureJapan72
NatoriMiyagi PrefectureJapan71911[19]
NikkōTochigi PrefectureJapan41
NishigōFukushima PrefectureJapan43
NodaChiba PrefectureJapan51
NodaIwate PrefectureJapan38
ŌaraiIbaraki PrefectureJapan706124
ObanazawaYamagata PrefectureJapan424
OfunatoŌfunatoIwate PrefectureJapanUnknown107339[17][20][21]
ŌkumaFukushima PrefectureJapanUnknown184
OnagawaMiyagi PrefectureJapanUnknown343571[22]
ŌsakiMiyagi PrefectureJapan2225
ŌsatoMiyagi PrefectureJapan61
OtsuchiŌtsuchiIwate PrefectureJapanUnknown576802[23][24]
RifuMiyagi PrefectureJapan46
RikuzentakataIwate PrefectureJapanUnknown3851554[25]
RyūgasakiIbaraki PrefectureJapan51
SanmuChiba PrefectureJapan21
SendaiMiyagi PrefectureJapanUnknown26704
ShibataMiyagi PrefectureJapan42
ShichigahamaMiyagi PrefectureJapanUnknown570[26][27]
ShimotsumaIbaraki PrefectureJapan1
ShinchiFukushima PrefectureJapan1109
ShiogamaMiyagi PrefectureJapan120
ShirakawaFukushima PrefectureJapan312
ShirakoChiba PrefectureJapan1
ShiroishiMiyagi PrefectureJapan181
SōmaFukushima PrefectureJapan3456
SukagawaFukushima PrefectureJapan1110
TagajōMiyagi PrefectureJapanUnknown1188
TamaTokyo MetropolisJapan1
TamuraFukushima PrefectureJapan51
TanohataIwate PrefectureJapan1614
TakahagiIbaraki PrefectureJapan191
TatebayashiGunma PrefectureJapan11
TōkaiIbaraki PrefectureJapan54
TokyoTokyo MetropolisJapan907
TomiokaFukushima PrefectureJapan619
TōnoshōChiba PrefectureJapan41
TsukubaIbaraki PrefectureJapan131
UshikuIbaraki PrefectureJapan61
WakuyaMiyagi PrefectureJapan4721
WatariMiyagi PrefectureJapan13257
YachiyoChiba PrefectureJapan31
YamadaIwate PrefectureJapanUnknown211604
YamagataYamagata PrefectureJapan92
YamamotoMiyagi PrefectureJapan19671
YokohamaKanagawa PrefectureJapan762

References
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  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 2011-04-18. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  4. "Absorbent used to soak up radioactive water, 2 found dead at nuke plant". Kyodo News, April 3, 2011
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  10. Bloomberg L.P., "Tsunami abetted fishing sector fall", Japan Times, 26 April 2011, p. 8.
  11. "Disaster in Japan: Come back in ten years' time", The Economist, 26 March 2011, pp. 47–48. Retrieved 13 June 2011
  12. "9,500 still unaccounted in Minamisanriku of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture: Kyodo". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  13. Kyung Lah, CNN (March 12, 2011). "Rescuers scramble to save lives as aftershocks jolt Japan". CNN.com. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  14. 9,500 People Reported Missing in Small Town Following Japan Quake
  15. 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.
  16. Horiuchi, Junko, (Kyodo News) "Evacuees persevere, eye future", Japan Times, 29 March 2011, p. 3.
  17. Kyodo News, "Death toll may surpass 10,000 in Miyagi Archived 2011-04-18 at WebCite", Japan Times, 14 March 2011, p. 1.
  18. "IAEA Update on Japan Earthquake". IAEA. March 2011.
  19. "Disaster Information – Victims found in Natori City". City of Natori. April 1, 2011. Archived from the original on April 3, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  20. NOAA tsunami data table
  21. Gilhooly, Rob, "Survivors strive to start picking up the pieces Archived 2011-03-31 at the Wayback Machine", Japan Times, 27 March 2011, p. 7.
  22. Pulvers, Roger, "Japan's crises spark wide alarm and some unlikely sympathizers", Japan Times, 27 March 2011, p. 8.
  23. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-20. Retrieved 2011-04-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  24. "Death toll to top 15,000 in quake-hit Miyagi alone: police". Kyodo News. March 20, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  25. Ito, Shingo (Agence France-Presse/Jiji Press), "Iwate pine that withstood the wage now symbol of hope", Japan Times, 3 April 2011, p. 3.
  26. 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)
  27. Plymouth waiting to hear from Shichigahama friends eye-witness accounts on sister-town website
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