Aerial Photos Before And After 2011 Earthquake And Tsunami, Japan

By 9:30 March 11 UTC, Google Person Finder, which was previously used in the Haitian, Chilean, and Christchurch, New Zealand earthquakes, was collecting information about survivors and their locations. The Next of Kin Registry NOKR is assisting the Japanese government to locate next of kin for those missing or deceased.
One man was killed in Papua, Indonesia after being swept out to sea. At the mouth of the Klamath River, south of Crescent City, California, a 25-year-old man who is said to have been attempting to photograph the oncoming tsunami was swept out to sea and was confirmed dead.