Japan earthquake and tsunami 2011
At 2:46pm Japan time on March 11, 2011 a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Northern Japan. It was the fifth largest earthquake ever recorded and it created an enormous tsunami that rushed towards the Japanese shore, bringing devastation wherever it hit. It look roughly 30 minute after the earthquake for the tsunami to strike and the destruction has been widespread ever since.
The tsunami spread to the rest of the pacific and over the next 24 hours struck Hawaii, the US Mainland, Latin American countries, and even South America.