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This is an alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least US$100,000 in damage or at least one death.

City Region Country Deaths Missing Injured Damage costs References
Aizuwakamatsu Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 6
Akkeshi Hokkaido Prefecture Japan ¥2.87 billion (US$26.15 million) [1]
Aomori Aomori Prefecture Japan 1 ¥90.92 million (US$828,437.36) [2][3]
Asahi Chiba Prefecture Japan 20 2 272
Chiyoda Tokyo Metropolis Japan 2 28
Crescent City California United States 1 [4][5][6]
Erimo Hokkaido Prefecture Japan ¥791 million (US$7.21 million) [7]
Fudai Iwate Prefecture Japan 1 4 [2]
Fujisawa Kanagawa Prefecture Japan 1 8
Fukaura Aomori Prefecture Japan ¥150 million (US$1.37 million) [3]
Fukushima Fukushima Prefecture Japan 3 19
Futaba Fukushima Prefecture Japan 30 5 [8][9]
Gonohe Aomori Prefecture Japan 5 ¥139.6 million (US$1.27 million) [2][10]
Hachinohe Aomori Prefecture Japan 1 1 71 ¥120.28 billion (US$1.1 billion) [2][3]
Haga Tochigi Prefecture Japan 1 28
Hakodate Hokkaido Prefecture Japan 1 1 [11]
Hanamaki Iwate Prefecture Japan 1 20 [2]
Hashikami Aomori Prefecture Japan ¥1.34 billion (US$12.17 million) [12][13]
Higashidōri Aomori Prefecture Japan ¥280.27 million (US$2.55 million) [3]
Higashimatsushima Miyagi Prefecture Japan 1044 94 [14]
Hirakawa Aomori Prefecture Japan ¥130.34 million (US$1.19 million) [3]
Hiranai Aomori Prefecture Japan ¥21.5 million (US$195,854.21) [3]
Hirono Fukushima Prefecture Japan 2 1
Hiroo Fukushima Prefecture Japan ¥1.05 billion (US$9.57 million) [15]
Hitachinaka Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 2 28
Hitachiōta Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 1 2
Iitate Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 1
Ichinohe Iwate Prefecture Japan 1 [2]
Ichinoseki Iwate Prefecture Japan 15 2 35 [2]
Ishikawa Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 4
Ishinomaki Miyagi Prefecture Japan 3278 688 Unknown [16]
Iwaizumi Iwate Prefecture Japan 10 [2]
Iwaki Fukushima Prefecture Japan 310 38
Iwanuma Miyagi Prefecture Japan 182 1
Jayapura Papua Indonesia 1 [17]
Jōsō Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 1 4
Kamaishi Iwate Prefecture Japan 994 152 Unknown [2]
Kanagawa Kanagawa Prefecture Japan 4 131
Kashima Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 1
Kashiwa Chiba Prefecture Japan 1 22
Katsurao Fukushima Prefecture Japan 7
Kawasaki Kanagawa Prefecture Japan 1 17
Kesennuma Miyagi Prefecture Japan 1023 383 Unknown [18][19]
Kitaibaraki Ibaraki Prefecture Japan
Kitakami Iwate Prefecture Japan 1 1 34 [2]
Kōriyama Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 4
Kōtō Tokyo Metropolis Japan 2
Kuji Iwate Prefecture Japan 4 2 10 [2]
Kuroishi Aomori Prefecture Japan ¥14.9 million (US$135,753.99) [3]
Kushiro Hokkaido Prefecture Japan ¥3.22 billion (US$29.34 million) [20]
Kushiro Hokkaido Prefecture Japan ¥325.1 million (US$2.96 million) [21]
Machida Tokyo Metropolis Japan 2 15
Matsushima Miyagi Prefecture Japan 2
Miharu Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 2
Minamisanriku Miyagi Prefecture Japan 558 343 Unknown [22][23][24][25][26]
Minamisōma Fukushima Prefecture Japan 640 23 [citation needed]
Misawa Aomori Prefecture Japan 2 1 ¥7.84 billion (US$71.39 million) [2][27]
Mito Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 2 83
Miyako Iwate Prefecture Japan 476 94 33 [2]
Morioka Iwate Prefecture Japan 6 10 [2]
Mutsu Aomori Prefecture Japan 1 ¥311.27 million (US$2.84 million) [3]
Nakadomari Aomori Prefecture Japan ¥29.11 million (US$265,230.07) [3][28]
Namegata Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 2 5
Namie Fukushima Prefecture Japan 146 38 [29]
Nanbu Aomori Prefecture Japan 1 ¥102.72 million (US$935,908.88) [2][3]
Naraha Fukushima Prefecture Japan 11 2 [30]
Narashino Chiba Prefecture Japan 1 6
Nasukarasuyama Tochigi Prefecture Japan 2 7
Natori Miyagi Prefecture Japan 911 71 [31]
Nemuro Hokkaido Prefecture Japan ¥4.73 billion (US$43.05 million) [32]
Nikkō Tochigi Prefecture Japan 1 4
Nishigō Fukushima Prefecture Japan 3 4
Noda Chiba Prefecture Japan 1 5
Noda Iwate Prefecture Japan 39 19 [2]
Ōarai Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 24 1 706
Obanazawa Yamagata Prefecture Japan 1 4 [33]
OfunatoŌfunato Iwate Prefecture Japan 423 79 2 [2]
Oirase Aomori Prefecture Japan 3 ¥2.59 billion (US$23.64 million) [2][3]
Ōkuma Fukushima Prefecture Japan 84 1 Unknown
Onagawa Miyagi Prefecture Japan 571 343 Unknown [34]
Ōsaki Miyagi Prefecture Japan 5 222
Ōsato Miyagi Prefecture Japan 1 6
Ōshū Iwate Prefecture Japan 3 1 21 [2]
OtsuchiŌtsuchi Iwate Prefecture Japan 856 415 Unknown [2]
Rifu Miyagi Prefecture Japan 46
Rikuzentakata Iwate Prefecture Japan 1606 201 Unknown [2]
Rokkasho Aomori Prefecture Japan 1 ¥84.21 million (US$767,325.74) [2][3]
Ryūgasaki Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 1 5
Sanmu Chiba Prefecture Japan 1 2
Sannohe Aomori Prefecture Japan 1 ¥40.72 million (US$370,979.5) [2][3]
Sendai Miyagi Prefecture Japan 704 26 Unknown
Shibata Miyagi Prefecture Japan 2 4
Shichigahama Miyagi Prefecture Japan 70 5 Unknown [35][36]
Shichinohe Aomori Prefecture Japan ¥78 million (US$710,706.15) [37]
Shimotsuma Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 1
Shinchi Fukushima Prefecture Japan 109 1
Shiogama Miyagi Prefecture Japan 20 1
Shirakawa Fukushima Prefecture Japan 12 3
Shirako Chiba Prefecture Japan 1
Shiroishi Miyagi Prefecture Japan 1 18
Shizukuishi Iwate Prefecture Japan 1 [2]
Sōma Fukushima Prefecture Japan 456 3
Sukagawa Fukushima Prefecture Japan 10 1 1
Tagajō Miyagi Prefecture Japan 188 1 Unknown
Takko Aomori Prefecture Japan ¥284.12 million (US$2.59 million) [3]
Tama Tokyo Metropolis Japan 1
Tamura Fukushima Prefecture Japan 1 5
Tanohata Iwate Prefecture Japan 17 15 8 [2]
Takahagi Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 1 19
Takizawa Iwate Prefecture Japan 1 [2]
Tatebayashi Gunma Prefecture Japan 1 1
Tōhoku Aomori Prefecture Japan 1 ¥27.94 million (US$254,533.03) [2][3]
Tōkai Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 4 5
Tokyo Tokyo Metropolis Japan 7 90
Tomioka Fukushima Prefecture Japan 19 6
Tōno Iwate Prefecture Japan 4 1 4 [2]
Tōnoshō Chiba Prefecture Japan 1 4
Towada Aomori Prefecture Japan 1 ¥34.41 million (US$313,494.31) [2][38]
Toyokoro Hokkaido Prefecture Japan ¥120 million (US$1.09 million) [39]
Toyoura Hokkaido Prefecture Japan ¥3.24 billion (US$29.52 million) [40]
Tsukuba Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 1 13
Ushiku Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 1 6
Wakuya Miyagi Prefecture Japan 1 2 47
Watari Miyagi Prefecture Japan 257 13
Yachiyo Chiba Prefecture Japan 1 3
Yahaba Iwate Prefecture Japan 1 [2]
Yamada Iwate Prefecture Japan 687 143 Unknown [2]
Yamagata Yamagata Prefecture Japan 2 9
Yamamoto Miyagi Prefecture Japan 671 19
Yokohama Kanagawa Prefecture Japan 2 76

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