Fill in: destroy, tectonic plate, collapse, shelter, cause, evacuate, measure, rubble, shake in the correct form. The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, was the fifth most powerful quake on Earth in more than 100 years. It 1) ________ 9.0 on the Richter Scale. The quake triggered strong tsunami waves which 2)________ everything in their path, leaving piles of 3) ________ behind. Homes and buildings 4) ________ in an instant. Over fifteen thousand people were killed. Survivors, stunned and 5) ________. 6) ________ the area hoping to find 7) ________ until the nightmare ended. Geologists stated that this disaster was 8) ________ by one 9) ________ being pushed under