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1
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When did the Tokyo Earthquake occur?

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11th March 2011

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Where did Tokyo Earthquake occur?

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Tokyo, Oshilka Peninsula

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How long did the Tokyo Earthquake occur and what was the magnitude

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6 mins, magnitude 9 on Richter scale

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Where was the epicenter of the Tokyo Earthquake located?

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43 miles East of Tokyo, with a depth of 20 miles

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5
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Which plate margins caused the Tokyo Earthquake?

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Pacific and Eurasian destructive margins

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How many deaths were primary impacts of Tokyo Earthquake

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15,000

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How many were injured from primary impacts on Tokyo Earthquake

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6,000

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How many people were displaced by Tokyo Earthquake?

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130,000

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9
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How many people are still missing from the Tokyo Earthquake

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2500

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How many people followed Tsunami warnings from the Tokyo Earthquake

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58%

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How many earthquakes of up to 4.5 magnitude were recorded after initial Tokyo Earthquake of march 2011

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800

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What was the nuclear power issue caused by the Tsunami of the Tokyo Earthquake

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9m wave flooded the plant, damaged wiring and generator, causing 4.4m to lose electricity

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How much did the Japanese spend on coastal defenses against Tsunamis?

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Billions of yen for 12m sea wall which was way too small to impact the initial contact effectively

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What infrastructural damage was caused by the Tokyo Earthquake?

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transport network suffered immense damage, 330,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed, along with 2000 roads, 50 bridges, 25 railways, 300 hospitals.

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What was the cost of the Tokyo Earthquake?

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$235bn most expensive natural disaster

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How did Japan mitigate the Hazard

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Flying nurses and doctors into area of impact, patients were flown out of area of impact

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17
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Recovery- How much did Japan budget to rebuild

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23trillion yen

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Preparedness and future response- how did Japan prepare after the march 2011 disaster?

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£70m spent on seismic lazers, every year sept 1st is earthquake and tsunami drills and training.

Buildings were earthquake proofed, which including shock absorbers, shatter proof glass

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Where did hurricane katrina hit?

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South Eastern USA (louisiana and mississippi)

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Where did hurricane katrina form?

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Over the bahamas, and gulf of mexico

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When was hurricane katrina formed? And when did it strike the USA?

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23rd of August and the 29th of August 2005

22
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What catagory Hurricane was Katrina on initial impact?

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3

23
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What wind speeds and precipitation did hurricane katrina bring? And storm surge size

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200km/h of wind, 250 mm of rainfall across louisiana, and an 8.5m storm surge in mississippi

24
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How many people were killed by Katrina

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1836

25
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How many homes were destroyed and damaged by katrina

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300,000 homes were destroyed, hundreds of thousands were homeless and 3 million people with no power

26
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What was an environmental primary impact of Katrina ?

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Sewage and contamination destroyed crop land and caused illness and death in 5 people

27
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What impact did katrina have on education

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18 schools destroyed, 74 damaged

28
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How many jobs were affected by katrina?

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230,000 jobs were lost

29
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What happened to the oil industry in the gulf of mexico because of Katrina?

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30 oil platforms were disrupted or damaged

30
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What impact did katrina have on forests?

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5300km2 of forests were destroyed in mississippi, $5bn loss in income in logging industry

31
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What habitat loss did katrina cause?

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Destroyed turtle breeding beaches, coastal conservation areas were destroyed

32
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What environmental impact did katrina have because of flooding?

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Salt marsh habitats and wildlife died, oil refineries in Louisiana were damaged causing oil spills

33
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Did Louisiana and Mississippi have any preperation techniques in 2005?

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Yes, the NHC (national hurricane center) issued a hurricane warning (also to Alabama)

34
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What impact did emergency management agency have on Hurricane Katrina prep?

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Set up mortuary teams to cope with deaths, and US coast guards to prepare areas before hand

35
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Recovery from katrina?

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New orleans public housing rebuilding program to assist in the damaged and destroyed homes, and homeless,

36
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New Orleans response and future prep against storms?

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More resistant higher levees, emergency pumps and canal closures

37
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Where did Cyclone nargis form, and where did it strike?

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Formed in bay of bengal, hit the south coast of myanmar (6th poorest country by gdp per capita in asia)

38
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When nargis strike?

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2nd of May 2008

39
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How strong was Nargis on initial impact? Speed of winds? Storm surge height?

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Cat 4, wind speeds up to 215km/h and 7m storm surge

40
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What area of Myanmar was hit the hardest? How much was flooded?

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The irrawaddy delta was hit hardest as it is only slightly above sea level, 14,000km2 were flooded

41
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How many people were killed by nargis?

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130,000 at least, 80,000 from irrawaddy delta. Around 20,000 were killed via direct impacts of the storm

42
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How many homes were destroyed, and how many were left homeless

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450,000 homes destroyed, 2.5 people displaced

43
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What infrastructural damage did nargis cause?

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4000 schools were destroyed as well as 75% of health facilities being damaged in myanmar

44
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What ecological and social impact did flooding have on myanmar

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Excessive flooding caused throughflow and surface run off into 43% of freshwater sources, 70% of the population had no clean water

45
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What health impacts did nargis bring

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Diseases such as dysentery, Typhoid and diarrhoea

46
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What economic impact did nargis have on agriculture?

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6000km2 of agri land was damaged, and the salt water and contamination killed animals and crops. 40% of food stores were destroyed

47
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What was the total cost of the myanmar disaster

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4bn dollars

48
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What environmental impacts did nargis have on the coast

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Salinisation and flooding of the land caused mangroves to die, and the 7m storm surge caused increased erosion

49
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Why was myanmars response so delayed?

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Myanmar doesnt have a dedicated monitoring centre for cyclones, so indian weather agencys attempted to predict the storm, 48hrs before it actually hit. They also didn’t specify the category of the storm

50
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Who was ruling myanmar at the time?

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Military powers, who wouldnt let NGOs or foreign aid mitigate or respond to the human impacts, increasing deaths.

51
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What emergency prep plans did myanmar have in place?

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Nothin

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