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Top 12 natural disasters of 2011
Published: Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 on 16:14 IST | Updated: Friday, Dec 23, 2011 on 11:53 IST
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Japan earthquake and tsunami (magnitude 9.0)

Date: 11 March 2011

Place: 70 kilometres east of the Oshika Peninsula of To-hoku

Toll:  15,842 deaths, 5,890 injured, and 3,485 people missing

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