japan Flashcards
when
march 11 2011
where?
japan, tohoku
mag
8.9
dead
28,000
cost
$300 billion
duration
6 mins
eipcenter
70km from japans north east coats
plate boundry
destructive
which plates?
pacific and north american plate boundy realsing 100s of years worth of pressure as the pacific plate boundry was subducted
how much did the coatsline submerge
0.6m
wave reach
3 miles in land
how many earthquakes does japan have a year?
1,500
pacific ring of fire?
yes
which four major tectonic plates is japan wedged between
north america, pacific, eurasain and phillipine
injured
6,150
missing
2,500
the —— largest earthquake?
5th
movement?
off shore megathrust earthquake and shallow on shore earthquakes
homes destroyed
130,000
social impact
-bodys in mass graves
-90% death by drowing
-100,000 children seprated for their familys cus it was in school time
-333,000 in temporay accom
-300,000 buildings destroyed
-4,000 roads, 78 briged and 23 railways stations were destroyed
economic impact
total cost $300 bil
-25 million tonnes of debris in the top 3 worest effected countries
230,000 vechcials destroyed
-4 ports destroyed
4.4 mil houses had no electric
-11 nuclcar power reactors were shut down
-saltwater contaminated crops
political impacts
gov debt incraesed bcs it had to inject millions into the econmey at a time it was trying to reduce natiaonl debt
-poor defesen at national power plant fukshima added to the political weight of teh EU being againts the nulcar power argument
