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What were the casualties and property damage of Japan's 2011…

- - - - farm lands, fishing grounds demolished
    - - Maldives represented approximately 45 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP), while Indonesia suffered $4.5 billion in economic losses, representing the entire GDP of the Aceh Province. The overall financial impact on the Indonesian economy lowered the projected growth by approximately 0.2 per cent in 2005.
- - - - large number of private and nongovernmental organizations within Japan and worldwide soon established relief funds to aid victims and assist with rescue and recovery efforts.
      - At public elementary schools in Japan, earthquake drills are regularly held. If an earthquake strikes while they're in a classroom, children learn to get under their desks, head first, and to hold on to the legs of the desk until the quake is over.
    - - Has a clear plan and tutorial of what people should do when a earthquake is happening and includes diagrams, pictures and data to make it even clearer.
- - - - 15,894 people died
      - 6,152 people were injured
      - 130,927 were displaced
      - 2,562 people remain missing
    - - 40 m high devastated entire towns and resulted in the loss of thousands of lives
        
        Caused a lot of damage and pollution up to 6 miles inland
    - - A 9m high wave flooded the plants generators and electrical wiring
        
        People lost energy immediately
    - - 332,395 buildings
      - 2,126 roads
      - 56 bridges
      - 26 railways
    - - Scientists estimate that over 800 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were recorded following the main earthquake
    - - Around 4.4 million households in North-East Japan were left without electricity
  - - - The waves hit 49% of those who did not follow the warning
      - 58% of people in the coastal areas followed the tsunami warnings and headed for higher ground
    - - The damage caused by the earthquake resulted in the meltdown of seven reactors
      - Radiation levels at one point were over eight times normal levels
    - - The quake moved parts of North East Japan 2.4m closer to North America
    - - A 250 mile stretch of coastline dropped by 0.6 m, allowing the tsunami to travel further inland
    - - US$235 billion, making this the most expensive natural disaster in world history
    - - Japan’s transport network suffered huge disruptions
        
        Sections of the Tohoku Expressway were damaged