JAPAN 2011

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

• Honshu Island
• March 11th 2011
• waves arrived 6 min off the island

Question 2

Social impacts

Answer 2

• 600 injured
• 18,000 deaths
• 230,000 vehicle damage
• many children were orphaned

Question 3

EQ facts

Answer 3

• magnitude = 9.0
• tsunami waves = 40m high and travelled 10km inland
• focus = 30km
• 3 mins warning before tsunami

Question 4

Response

Answer 4

• people are trained yearly on what to do during an EQ
• emergency crew and army were quick to react/ rescue
• tsunami warning was via text, tv and sirens

Question 5

Economic impacts

Answer 5

• stock market fell
• bullet rain was damaged (not used for weeks)
• $181 billion spent on reconstruction
• cost of damage = $235

Question 6

Environmental impacts

Answer 6

• 2 oil refineries were set on fire
• radioactive material reached the pacific ocean
• infrastructure damage (schools and hospitals)

Question 7

Political Impacts

Answer 7

• Fukushima power plant
• many have built lives elsewhere
• lack of preparedness meant that they were at fault
• power plant
• impacted the water supple and soil was contaminated
• nuclear material leaked in to the atmosphere