is a town

Towns of Japan

A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...

 located in Watari District, Miyagi

Watari District, Miyagi

is a district located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 53,076 and a population density of 385.47 persons per km². The total area is 137.69 km².- Towns and villages :*Watari*Yamamoto...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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As of 2003, the town has an estimated population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of 17,944 and a population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 of 278.29 persons per km². The total area is 64.48 km².

Yamamoto is reported to have been devastated by the 8.9 – 9.0 M_W

Moment magnitude scale

The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

 megathrust earthquake

Megathrust earthquake

Megathrust earthquakes occur at subduction zones at destructive plate boundaries , where one tectonic plate is forced under another. Due to the shallow dip of the plate boundary, which causes large sections to get stuck, these earthquakes are among the world's largest, with moment magnitudes ...

 off the coast of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 that occurred at 14:46 JST

Japan Standard Time

Japan Standard Time or JST is the standard timezone of Japan, and is 9 hours ahead of UTC. For example, when it is midnight in UTC, it is 09:00 in Japan Standard Time. There is no daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated several times. Japan Standard Time is the same as...

 (05:46 UTC) on 11 March 2011 and resultant tsunami

Tsunami

A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...

. Eyewitness accounts describe Yamamoto as "one of the worst-hit areas" with no houses left undamaged.

Train stations

• Jōban Line
  Joban Line
  The is a railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company . It begins at Nippori Station in Taitō, Tokyo and follows the Pacific coasts of Chiba, Ibaraki, and Fukushima Prefectures before the line officially ends at Iwanuma Station in Iwanuma, Miyagi...
  
  : Sakamoto
  Sakamoto Station (Miyagi)
  is a JR East railway station located in Yamamoto Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:...
  
   - Yamashita
  Yamashita Station (Miyagi)
  is a JR East railway station located in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:...
  
  

External links

• Yamamoto official website (portions in English)