Flooding and house washing were caused by the rupture of the Fujinuma irrigation dam in Sukagawa. The flooding of the dam caused many people to drown and was a factor in 90% of drowning deaths. Soil liquefaction is caused by the force applied by an earthquake and is where the soil behaves as if it were liquid and at a water purification center in Tohoku the soil sank 1 meter. Many coastal cities and towns were destroyed in the tsunami that followed the initial shaking. The tsunami also spread to locations around the world such as Hawaii, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Antarctica, California, Oregon and the Galapagos Islands. However, no deaths have occurred due to these