Short-term effects Flashcards
Japan earthquake
1
Q
What was triggered?
A
Tsunamis were triggered by the earthquake which devastated coastal areas around Sendai. Waves reached 10km inland and were over 6m high.
2
Q
Farm land
A
was submerged and covered in debris and sea water.
3
Q
Sea wall
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of up to 10m in places was breached and land along this coast subsided by 1m.
4
Q
Aftershocks
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of up to 6 on the Richter scale followed. Around 20.000 people died.
5
Q
Infrastructure
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road, rail lines, sewage and power was heavily damaged.
6
Q
Electric transport
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in nearby cities e.g. Tokyo was stopped immediately.
7
Q
Fukushima nuclear plant
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suffered a cooling failure and radioactive material leaked into the Sea floor of Japan.
