2011 Earthquake and Tsunami
The Oshika Peninsula was the closest part of Honshu to the epicenter of the 2011 TÅhoku earthquake, the closest parts of its eastern coastline approximately 72 kilometers (45 mi) away, with only a few neighboring minor islands a few kilometers closer. A report on March 14 indicated that 1,000 bodies had washed ashore on the peninsula. The March 11 earthquake shifted Oshika Peninsula by 5.3 m (17 ft) towards the epicenter and lowered it by 1.2 m (3.9 ft), according to the Geospatial Information Authority in Tsukuba. These two land mass movements are records for Japan, according to government figures. Many small villages along the coast of the peninsula, administered by Ishinomaki City, were heavily damaged.
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