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Japan: Fukishima
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The cause, impacts and responses of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. I hope it's helpful :)
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Japan: Fukishima
The Earthquake
11th March 2011
Magnitude of 9.0
Largest earthquake to be recorded in Japan
Nearest city to the epicentre - Sendai
The Cause
The pacific plate subducted under the Eurasian plate
Destructive plate boundary
Tusnami
30m tall
800km/hour
Most people died from drowning
Generated a whirlpool
Destroyed 3 storey buildings
Flooded area of217 square miles
Travelled 6 miles inland
Impacts
15,400 people were killed
2 million left homeless
4 trains swept off their tracks
Short Term Responses
Japanese meteorological agency issued a tsunmai warning
100,000 people began a disaster relief mission
People were able to escape to higher ground (40 mins)
Government mobilised its emergency response teams
Japanese Red Cross sent out 230 temas to offer medical support
Shelters were up in schools near to the disaster areas
Japan and US Army began to search for bodies (2nd April)
Charities sent aid - tents, sleeping bags, fresh water
Long Term Resonses
Government began to improve the tsunami walls and flood gates
Government lookes at improving its earthquake prediction, monitoring and reducing time before warning
Fukishima Power Plant
Level 7 nuclear meltdown
300 tonnes of radioactive water leaks into the seaevery day
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