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How far does the continue to move each year?

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8cm

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What collision between plates caused the tsunami?

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Pacific towards the Eurasian plate

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What magnitude did it have?

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9.0 on Richter scale

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How much water did the plates flick when the quake happened?

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6km of water into air

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How fast were waves that hit the coast?

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800km waves his coast in seconds

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How far underground did the tsunami occur at?

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6km

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What did the shallow bed mean for the waves?

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Waves travelled faster and varying depths meant verging speed and height of waves

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Where else did waves spread?

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Waves at 800km/h spread towards other countries

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What effect did the tsunami have in the coast?

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Coast sunk about 1m

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What effect did it have on Sendai?

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It was the first area affected

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Which kind of waves hit first?

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P waves

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What was situated 150km southwest?

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Fukushima power plant

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Which three areas were affected first?

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Ofunato, Sendai and Miyako

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What happened to the airport?

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Destroyed

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What happened in Miyako?

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10m wall failed to stop 10m wave

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What happened to the shoreline?

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Subsided

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What happened to villages?

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Several villages ruined

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What happened at Fukushima?

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5.6m defence wall sunk half a metre and diesel generator flooded.

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What happened to rivers?

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Surge in rivers caused flooding

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What happened in Ofunato?

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Subsided over 1m. Tsunami estimated by Japan Geological Survey to be 3.5m high

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Give details about the aftershock…

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6.2 - hit Tokyo

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What was the death toll?

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Estimated at 20,000

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What response did the Japanese have in terms of warning?

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Early warning systems

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What responses did Miyako have?

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Did have a 10m high sea wall and tsunami drills

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What did Hawaii do in response?

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Issue evacuation alerts - was hit by 1m wave

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What did rescue workers do in response?

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Sent to find survivors and recover bodies

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What did Sendai do in response?

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Provided temporary shelters - soon became full

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What did scientists do in response?

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Monitored high number of after shocks along coast

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What did America say about Fukushima?

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Should have 80km excursion zone but Japan argued 30km was safe

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