Human casualty and infrastructure damage caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and
tsunami, compared to the 1995 Hanshin Earthquake. They were the two largest disasters in world history
with regard to direct property damage by earthquake. The numbers are as of September 2013, and are
based on various reports by the National Police Agency, Fire Disaster Management Agency, Ministry of
Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan Meteorological Agency, and Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan.