Japan 2011 Flashcards
1
Q
Year?
Deaths?
Richter scale?
GNI?
A
2011
20,000 deaths
9
$38,000 gni/capita
2
Q
Preparation?
A
Education drills in schools mandatory + earthquake simulators + evacuation chutes
Good building regulations:
Houses sway with the ground
Shock Absorbers
Good EWS and technology response systems
Houses prepared with evacuation kits
3
Q
Impacts?
A
Power outages for 4 million
Fukushima nuclear plant closed down after emergency generators disabled by tsunami
Radiation release scale 7 same as Chernobyl
4
Q
Aid?
A
91 countries offered aid but japan only accepted rescue teams as it was prepared to deal with the rest
