Case Study: Natural Hazard (Earthquake) HIC

Question 1

Name of our case study for a natural disaster (earthquake) in a high income country?

Answer 1

Name of our case study for an earthquake in a high income country is the:

Tohoku earthquake in Japan 2011

Question 2

Where and when did the earthquake occur ? and what magnitude was it?

(3 points of location accuracy)

Answer 2

in 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake occured off the coast of Tohoku, Japan. The epicentre was 70km off the coast.

Question 3

What were the effects of the Tohoku earthquake in Japan 2011?

(3)

Answer 3

Some of the effects of the Tohoku earthquake in Japan are:

Over 22000 dead and 6000 injured

90,000 buildings destroyed, 4000 roads and over 70 bridges destroyed

1235 aftershocks (mini earthquakes)

Question 4

What was the management of the Tohoku earthquake in Japan 2011?

(try get 3-4)

Answer 4

Japan (HIC) managed the earthquakes effects by?

Dead were buried in mass graves by the military to prevent the spread of disease.

150,000 people recieved emergency aid and supplies

Millions of people did the earthquake drills that they learnt at school or work.

140,000 people were evacuated