Preventive coastal measures were not implemented until after another tsunami struck in 1933 . Due to higher levels of tsunami awareness , fewer casualties were recorded following the Sanriku earthquake . Nevertheless , the earthquake of 11 March 2011 caused a huge tsunami that resulted in thousands of deaths across the same region and the nuclear disaster at Fukushima
earthquake of 11 March 2011
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
1896 Sanriku earthquake