Additional Facts Flashcards
1
Q
What do the USA have to monitor tsunami possibility?
A
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
2
Q
In June 2007, Japan set up the Japanese Action Plan. What was this?
A
A law in which building regulations had to be double checked to be hazard resistant
3
Q
What do cities do to warn people about how to respond during an earthquake?
A
A classquake (a fake earthquake)
4
Q
Give an example of a sea wall that protected a town from a Tsunami?
A
Fudai Sea wall (cost £20 million to build, was not breached during 2011 Japanese tsunami)
5
Q
What was set up in 2007 by Japan?
A
Japan’s Earthquake Early Warning System
