Kammala wannan jumla: Tome yana daya daga cikin biranen da yawa da aka yi wa mummunan rauni.
girgizar kasa da tsunami a ranar Juma'a, 11 ga Maris, 2011, tare da kusan mutane 6,000 da suka rasa gidajensu. A ranar 15, 2011, hukumomi sun ba da sanarwar cewa za a tura ƙungiyoyin Jamus da Switzerland tare da karnukan bincike zuwa garin don taimakawa wajen bincike da ƙoƙarin dawo da su. Sauran rukunin masu neman da kuma ceto sun zo daga Australia da New Zealand. Rahotanni na farko sun nuna cewa yawancin mazauna garin Minamisanriku da ke kusa, wanda tsunami ya fi shafa, sun ƙaura zuwa Tome.