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山元町（やまもとちょう）は、宮城県東南端の太平洋沿岸に位置する町。
亘理郡に属する。南は福島県新地町と接する。
Yamamoto is a town located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
Yamamoto was devastated by the 9-9.1 moment magnitude scale (Mw) 2011 Tōhoku earthquake (Shindo 6+) off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March 2011 and resultant tsunami.Eyewitness accounts describe Yamamoto as "one of the worst-hit areas" with no houses left undamaged.On February 13, 2021, Yamamoto was again hit by a M7.3 earthquake that struck off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, with a Shindo 6- rating, though some record the shaking as Shindo 7.
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