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Multi-Hazard environment: Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami 2011
- Natural hazards Case studies
- Created by: Charlottie12
- Created on: 11-05-18 09:01
Buildings Collapsed Liquid coming out of the ground from the cracks - liquidfraction Tsunami 10m in height Number of deaths overall: 16,000 1,500 died in earthquake 14,500 died in tsunami 90% of deaths were from the tsunami 145,000 damaged buildings 6000 people injured 4.4 million homes with no electricity 1.5 million homes without water 340,000 displaced people Total cost $360 billion 272,788 buildings collapsed Nuclear plant meltdown
Fact file & causes
11/03/11 700 aftershocks in 2 weeks Magnitude of 9 20 minutes after the earthquake a tsunami formed 10 waves each 1km apart from each other
Management/ response
Emergency crew helped save people who were trapped Automatic TV and mobile phone warnings sent to alert attention for cover Earthquake drills are taken Tsunami sirens - people didn’t seem bothered because of how often they occur 40% of Japan is covered with coastal protection 2010 they produced a map to show where earthquakes are most likely to strike Nuclear power stations were shut down Gas turned off
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Multi Hazardous Environment Case Study Flashcards
What did ‘The Economist’ say about Tohoku tsunami ?
“some natural disasters change history. Japan’s tsunami could be one.”
When did the Tohoku earthquake occur ?
How many Earthquakes occur in Japan per year ?
1500 earthquakes per year
Key facts about the Tohoku disaster ?
- magnitude 9.0
- moved the entire island of Honshu 2.4m closer to North America
- shifted the Earth’s axis by 20cm
- made Earth’s day shorter by 1.8microseconds
- caused visible waves in Norwegian fjords
How many waves did the tsunami create ?
Created 10 waves, each 1km apart
Wave height 10m, breaching the sea wall
What were the primary effects ?
- shaking cause gas pipes to burst leading to fires
- tsunami waves devastated everything in its path
- flooded an area of almost 500 sq km
- in Ichihara, oil refinery burst into flames
- 18000 deaths
- $274bn in damages
What were the secondary effects ?
- half a million homeless
- 6mil homes without electricity
- 700 aftershocks for 2 weeks
- Fukushima nuclear power plant leaked radiation
- fears of a nuclear disaster lead to panic selling across global stock markets
Immediate Responses ?
- temporary shelter (freezing temp)
- helicopter crews rescued people from rooftops
- 100,000 soldiers mobilised to establish order
- USA, China offered aid
- UK sent 63 search and rescue specialists
- Exclusion zone set up around the Fukushima nuclear plant. (iodine tablets given to prevent radiation sickness)
- no reports of looting or violence
Longterm Responses ?
- tsunami defences were inadequate, process of improving them began
- 2013 Japan unveiled a upgraded tsunami warning system
- Reconstruction Design Council set up to plan a long term growth of the Tohoku region. Including subsidies and relaxed planning regulations
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