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TOHOKU JAPAN EARTHQUAKE 2011 - Coggle Diagram
TOHOKU JAPAN EARTHQUAKE 2011
INTROCUTION
Magnitude 9 on Richter Scale
Japan has 1500 earhquakes per year
HAZARDS
TSUMANI // 40m high; travelled 10km inland
LANDSLIDES
LIQUIFACTION // destroyed infrastucture
IN LAND FLOODING
IMPACTS
SOCIAL
15,854 deaths
143,000 displaced
2000 missing
ENVIROMENTAL
Liquefaction destroyed habitats and infrastructure
Landslides in Coastal areas enabled tsunami to move further inland
Meltdown in Fukishima Power Plant released Several Tonnes of radiation (1500 tonnes)
ECONOMIC
economic cost of $230 billion
Caused major supply chain disruption; reducing exports
Airport closed for a month
SHORT TERM RESPONSE
Construction of Temporary Shelters began 8 days after
100,000 of Japan Self Defence team involved in search and rescue
Uk provided search and rescue teams
Helicopter crews picked survivors form rooftops
evacuations of 80,000 people who lived near the Fukushima power plant
Revaluation of Hazard Preparedness both nationally and worldwide
Tsunami Warning issued 3 minutes after
LONG TERM RESPONSES
Broken Sea Wall rebuilt
New waring systems
Transition from Nuclear Power to Renweables
OTHER PROBLEMS
only 58% listened to the tsumami warnings - moving higher ground
Aftershocks caused further damage; e.g. 8.4 magnitude earthquake the next day
Tsunami warning expexted a 6m Tsunami // coastal sea walls were 10 m high
Tsumani Breakwaters failed