Earthquake - Tohoku Flashcards
1
Q
Date
A
March 11 2011
2
Q
Magnitude
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9.0 on the Richter scale
3
Q
Epicenter location
A
Off the coast of Honshu, Japan
4
Q
Depth
A
24 km (deep focus)
5
Q
Fatalities
A
15,900 deaths
6
Q
Injuries
A
6,100
7
Q
Missing
A
2,500
8
Q
Tsunami
A
Earthquake triggered a 15 meter tsunami that caused widespread flooding
9
Q
Buildings destroyed
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Over 130,000
10
Q
Economic loss
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$235 bil - costliest in disaster history
11
Q
Nuclear disaster
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Nuclear disaster released radioactive materials
12
Q
Plate tectonics
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Occurred along subduction zone where the pacific plate is subduction beneath the North American plate
13
Q
Plate boundary
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Destructive
14
Q
Aid
A
134 countries and 39 organisations provided aid
15
Q
Reconstruction
A
Japanese government invested in $1 billion reconstruction and $12.5 m in high tsunami barriers
