Restless Earth - Japan Flashcards
1
Q
What is Japan the case study for?
A
MEDC tsunami
2
Q
When was the Japan tsunami?
A
3rd March 2011
3
Q
What plates were involved in the Japan tsunami and what type of plate boundary is it?
A
Destructive: Pacific plate subducted below North American plate
4
Q
What was the magnitude of the Japan tsunami?
A
9.0 on the Richter Scale
5
Q
Where was the epicentre of the Japan tsunami?
A
400km North East of Tokyo
6
Q
How tall were the tallest waves of the Japan tsunami?
A
10 metres
7
Q
How many aftershocks of the Japan tsunami were there?
A
Over 300
8
Q
What were the primary effects of Japan?
A
- Over 15,000 people died
- Over 3,000 people remain uncounted for
- Over 6,000 injured
- Over 300,000 people displaced from their homes
- 125,000 buildings damaged or destroyed
- Cars and ships swept away
- Roads, bridges and railways damaged
- Manufacturing industries and goods ready for export were destroyed
- Agricultural land drenched by sea water
9
Q
What were the secondary effects of Japan?
A
- Fires, explosions and wave damage at the Fukushima nuclear power plant causing a radiation leak
- Exclusion zone made lots of people homeless
- Share prices fell (Japan is 3rd largest economy) and the Bank of Japan had to give 15 trillion Yen to stabilize the markets
- Cost of reconstruction was over £181 billion
10
Q
What were the short-term responses of Japan?
A
- International aid sent from countries including UK, USA and New Zealand
- Food and bottled water distributed
- Over 300,000 people evacuated
- 20km exclusion zone around the Fukushima nuclear power plant
- People near Fukushima had to be checked for radiation
- All nuclear power plants temporarily shut down
11
Q
What were the long-term responses of Japan?
A
- Rebuilding of homes and infrastructure
- Government reviewed the use of nuclear energy
- Cleaning up contamination of Fukushima and it’s being decommissioned
- Resarch to develop salt tolerant strains of rice to grow on the the damaged agricultural land
