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Tohoku Japan - AC - 2011 Earthquake - Coggle Diagram
Tohoku Japan - AC - 2011 Earthquake
Back ground
Japan has 400 earthquakes a day
Lies at the intersection of multiple plates
Physical factors
9.0Mw the largest earthquake in Japan
After shocks
liquefaction
Tsunami ensued
Human factors
Most of the habitable land is by the coast
The people weren't prepared for a Tsunami
Inadequate defences at nuclear power station
Impacts
Social
16000 died in the Tsunami
mass graves to avoid disease
2000 child became orphans
Economic
Total cost £181 billion
environmental
110 000 birds drowned at wildlife refuge
Soil contained by radiation
Farmland no longer cultivable due to salinity
political
Huge backlash against nuclear power
increase gov debt
Modifying
The event
12m tsunami barrier Ineffective
Vulnerability
Earthquake drills
the JMA provides warnings and info
Land use zoning
Refuge sites
Aseismic Buildings
Losses
The Tsunami barrier has been reconstructed 18 meter tall
Rebuilding begun immediately
GOV - Reconstruction Design Council 23 trillion yen to rebuild homes
Rescue workers to clear rubble and search and rescue