2011 Tohaku, Japan earthquake (Mw 9.0) triggered a tsunami up to 40m in height. Waves destroyed homes and infrastructure. Tsunami waves carried debris inland, flooding and polluting large areas of land. Coastal city of Sendai suffered extensive damage and half its population was killed. In Iwate, 70,000 pine trees were knocked down, resulting in forest and biodiveristy loss. the tsunami hit the Pacific islands, devastating the whole ecosystems. Entire bird nesting sites were lost and more than 100,000 Layson Albatross chicks were killed and thousands of fish were washed ashore where they suffocated.