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Japan 2011:Earthquake, Tsunami, Nuclear
- General
- Eurasian, Pacific and Phillipine meet here
- experiences 20% of worlds earthquakes
- Pacific Plate move under Japan
- honshu- densley populated
- honshu- densley populated
- rate of movement 7.6-10.2cm per year
- north- mountainous - land 200m high 18% inhabitable
- Eurasian, Pacific and Phillipine meet here
- EARTHQUAKE
- Wednesday 9th March 2011
- 7.2 Richter Scale earthquake
- subduction caused extra strain
- area of existing pressure built up along margin
- 480km stretch of Pacific Plate breaking free and surging underneath Japan
- Eurasian plate moved 2.4m eastwards. uplift of 9m
- resulted in 9.0M Tohoku earthquake
- Wednesday 9th March 2011
- TSUNAMI
- epicentre under ocean floor
- water travelled at 500mph
- took 10mins to reach coast of Japan
- wave reached 40m in places
- water flowed 10km inland
- Sendai airport unusable - limited aid accessibility
- epicentre under ocean floor
- evacuation and coping strategies
- electricity was cut off
- telephone connections were lost
- not enough emergency workers
- no medicines administered
- epidemics breaking out amongst vulnerable groups was high
- 452,000 living in evacuation facilites
- electricity was cut off
- IMPACTS
- ECONOMIC IMPACTS
- cost $305 billion
- 47,500 buildings destroyed
- 300 hospitals damaged
- 1.5 million households without water
- 4.4 million without elec
- cost $305 billion
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
- solid waste and disaster debris left
- severe contamination of soil and water halting continuation of farming
- radiation resulting from damage to nuclear plants.
- Fukishima
- Fukishima
- solid waste and disaster debris left
- general
- 15,676 deaths
- 5712 injured
- 4832 missing
- 60+ accounted for 66% of deaths
- 15,676 deaths
- ECONOMIC IMPACTS
- preparation
- extensive system of coastal barriers - prevent damage to cities when high tsunami waves hit
- were ineffective as the offshore area is shallow
- tsunami wave reached 40m.
- 10m walls ineffective
- 10m walls ineffective
- tsunami wave reached 40m.
- extensive system of coastal barriers - prevent damage to cities when high tsunami waves hit
- NGOs
- Japan Tsunami Appeal
- first aid and emergency healthcare
- distributing relief items
- fitting out 7000 temporary prefabricated homes
- Japanese red cross opened appeal for aid funds within hours of disaster
- Japan Tsunami Appeal
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