Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami

Question 1

When was the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami?

Answer 1

March, 2011

Question 2

What was the magnitude of the earthquake? (Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 2

8.9 Magnitude earthquake under the sea. A huge mass movement pushed the seawater up, generating the tsunami

Question 3

Where was the hypocentre located?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 3

very deep in the water, meaning it displaced a lot of water

Question 4

How did the land shift after the earthquake?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 4

Horizontal displacement where the coastline dropped by a metre

Question 5

Had there been an earthquake recently?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 5

Had not been an earthquake in some time, so high build up of pressure

Question 6

Population comparison to California in Japan?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 6

142 million within an area the size of California (which has 40 million)

Question 7

What is the population density like in Japan?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 7

Very high population density

Question 8

What % of the Japan population will be older than 65 by 2060?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 8

By 2060, 40% of the population will be over the age of 65 (ageing population)

Question 9

What type of ratio does the Japanese population have?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 9

High dependency ratio in their population (lots of elderly

Question 10

How many people used government shelters after the disaster?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 10

215,000 used government shelters

Question 11

What were infrastructure effects?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 11

Disruption to transport systems (roads and railways)

Houses destroyed, making many homeless

Question 12

How did some people die in the disaster?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 12

People pulled out to sea, majority died, some still classed as ‘missing’

Question 13

What were the estimated economic losses?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 13

Estimated between $14-40 billion in losses

Question 14

What fraction of major cities was submerged?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 14

Over a third of many major cities were submerged by water

Question 15

How was radioactive material released?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 15

Flooding of Fukoshima caused lots of danger/damage from released radioactive material

Question 16

What industries in particular were destroyed?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 16

Industries like fishing and farming were/are destroyed

Question 17

What did the ministry of health do after?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 17

Ministry of health put in charge of getting vehicles to supply water and assign hospitals for casualties and those effected by radiation

Question 18

What did the ministry of agriculture do after?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 18

Ministry of agriculture was put in charge of providing food, porta loos, blankets, torches, radios and other essential items

Question 19

How were phones used as a warning system after?(Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami)

Answer 19

Phones were overidden to send messages and warn the public of earthquakes/tsunamis