Japan Tsunami

Japan Tsunami

1. About

   • 2011
   • waves reached 7-10 metres
   • Coastline sank- sea walls didn't work!

2. Causes

   • Earthquake
     • Eurasian plate and pacific plate, destructive plate boundary. Pacific plate subducting, pulling Eurasian plate down with it, earthquake meant Eurasian plate pinged back up, and lots of water was displaced.
     • 15 mile focus
     • 80km off the coast of Sendai

3. Effects

   • Primary
     • 16,000 dead
     • 3000 injured.
     • Buildings destroyed
     • Fukishima Power plant desrtoyed- radiation leak
     • 4000 roads destoyed
   • Secondary
     • Food shortages because cattle were fed radioactive straw
     • Over a year on and 300,000 people still living in temporary accomodation
     • Lots of people lost their jobs

4. Responses

   • Immediate
     • over 100 countries offered aid
     • Sendai Airport had to be closed
     • Rescue teams searched for survivors
     • Medical supplies, water purification tablets and food distributed
     • 452,000 people given temporary accomodation
   • Long Term
     • Sea Walls are being rebuilt
     • Power saving measures
     • The power plants remain closed, a year on