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There are the Tanesashi Coast, the Rikuchu Kaigan National Park and the Minami-Sanriku Kinkazan Quasi-National Park in the Sanriku Coast region.
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Earthquakes and tsunami
The bays of this ria coastline tend to amplify the destructiveness of tsunami waves. Significant events which devastated coastal communities include:
- 0869 Jogan Sanriku earthquake
- 1611 Keicho Sanriku earthquake
- 1700 Cascadia earthquake
- 1896 Meiji Sanriku earthquake
- 1933 Showa Sanriku earthquake
- 1960 Valdivia earthquake
- 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Prior to 2011, the tsunami history of Sanriku might have been interpreted as a story of progressively fewer casualties due to human intervention and planning. The 2011 disaster created a new baseline for analysis of regularly occurring tsunamis.
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