Japan 2011 Tsunami

Question 1

Date

Answer 1

11th March

Question 2

Time

Answer 2

2:45 PM

Question 3

Magnitude

Answer 3

9.0

Question 4

Plates that collided

Answer 4

Pacific and North American

Question 5

Epicentre depth below seabed

Answer 5

30km

Question 6

Distance from coast

Answer 6

129km

Question 7

Name of Island it reached

Answer 7

Honshu

Question 8

Honshu

Answer 8

Largest island, contains most of the biggest cities

Question 9

Hit which side of Honshu

Answer 9

East

Question 10

Distance inland waves travelled

Answer 10

10km

Question 11

Travelled 10km inland in

Answer 11

Sendai

Question 12

Damaged in Sendai

Answer 12

Ports and airports

Question 13

Area flooded by tsunami

Answer 13

561km^2

Question 14

Waves destroyed some

Answer 14

Tsunami seawalls
Three-storey building where people had gathered for safety

Question 15

A state of emergency was declared because

Answer 15

A cooling system failed at the Fukushima nuclear power plant and released radioactive materials into the environment

Question 16

TEPCO

Answer 16

Tokyo Electric Power Company

Question 17

Announced (&when)

Answer 17

300 tons of radioactive water continued to leak from the plant every day into the Pacific Ocean (July 2013)

Question 18

Number of people living in temporary housing after 4 years

Answer 18

230,000

Question 19

Total damages

Answer 19

$300bn

Question 20

Deaths as of 2018

Answer 20

15,891

Question 21

Number of people missing

Answer 21

> 2,500

Question 22

Response - Warning

Answer 22

Created a new tsunami warning system

Question 23

Warning system factors in

Answer 23

Height to work out regions to be warn

Question 24

Response - Buildings collapsing

Answer 24

Engineers examined damage and looked for ways to construct more resistant buildings

Question 25

Buildings often sit on

Answer 25

Rubber to absorb shaking of buildings