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Tohuku 2011 - Coggle Diagram
Tohuku 2011
Social impacts
Claimed the lives of almost 16,000 people
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Save the Children reported over 100,000 children affected
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Economic impacts
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Damage
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143,300 buildings were damaged
230,000 vehicles were destroyed or damaged
45,700 buildings were destroyed (Japan's National Police Agency)
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Businesses
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Toyota, Sony and Panasonic had production impacts due to electricity shortage
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Tsunami
At Sendai, the tsunami travelled 10km inland
Tsunami waves reached Antarctica, breaking off 125km² of ice as giant icebergs
Tsunami waves of up to 2.4m affected the coastline of California and Oregon, causing US$10 million of damage
Tsunami wave of 1.5m overwhelmed Midway Atoll, drowning 110,000 nesting birds
Large tsunamis were triggered, reaching heights of up to 40.5m when hitting parts of the coast
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Political impacts
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Political fallout
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In western Europe, the anti-nuclear lobby in Germany used the incident to support their arguments against nuclear power
Magnitude
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Many aftershocks, some were 7.0-8.0Mw in strength
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