Japan 2011 Tsunami Flashcards
Date
11th March
Time
2:45 PM
Magnitude
9.0
Plates that collided
Pacific and North American
Epicentre depth below seabed
30km
Distance from coast
129km
Name of Island it reached
Honshu
Honshu
Largest island, contains most of the biggest cities
Hit which side of Honshu
East
Distance inland waves travelled
10km
Travelled 10km inland in
Sendai
Damaged in Sendai
Ports and airports
Area flooded by tsunami
561km^2
Waves destroyed some
Tsunami seawalls
Three-storey building where people had gathered for safety
A state of emergency was declared because
A cooling system failed at the Fukushima nuclear power plant and released radioactive materials into the environment
TEPCO
Tokyo Electric Power Company
Announced (&when)
300 tons of radioactive water continued to leak from the plant every day into the Pacific Ocean (July 2013)
Number of people living in temporary housing after 4 years
230,000
Total damages
$300bn
Deaths as of 2018
15,891
Number of people missing
> 2,500
Response - Warning
Created a new tsunami warning system
Warning system factors in
Height to work out regions to be warn
Response - Buildings collapsing
Engineers examined damage and looked for ways to construct more resistant buildings
Buildings often sit on
Rubber to absorb shaking of buildings
