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2013 Event - In efforts to turn its back on nuclear power, Japan announces plans to build the world's largest offshore wind farm in the Fukushima Prefecture, near the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

2011 Event - Sendai, a major 9.0 earthquake strikes offshore of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture; 10-meter high tsunami's are produced near its epicenter, reaching land through the Pacific ocean

2010 Event - Ghana begins pumping oil after its discovery of an offshore oil field three years ago

2010 Event - An 4.5 magnitude earthquake strikes offshore of Oleron, France; no casualties are reported

2010 Event - BP claims that if the ban on offshore drilling permits continues, it may not be able to pay compensation for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

2010 Event - BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico

1953 Event - President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill

1817 Event - Gloucester, Massachusetts, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore









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