Japan 2011 Flashcards

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Q

Year?

Deaths?

Richter scale?

GNI?

A

2011

20,000 deaths

9

$38,000 gni/capita

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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

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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

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Aid?

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91 countries offered aid but japan only accepted rescue teams as it was prepared to deal with the rest

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