Japan: Fukishima

Japan: Fukishima

The Earthquake
1. 11th March 2011
2. Magnitude of 9.0
3. Largest earthquake to be recorded in Japan
4. Nearest city to the epicentre - Sendai
The Cause
1. The pacific plate subducted under the Eurasian plate
2. Destructive plate boundary
Tusnami
1. 30m tall
2. 800km/hour
3. Most people died from drowning
4. Generated a whirlpool
5. Destroyed 3 storey buildings
6. Flooded area of217 square miles
7. Travelled 6 miles inland
Impacts
1. 15,400 people were killed
2. 2 million left homeless
3. 4 trains swept off their tracks
Short Term Responses
1. Japanese meteorological agency issued a tsunmai warning
2. 100,000 people began a disaster relief mission
3. People were able to escape to higher ground (40 mins)
4. Government mobilised its emergency response teams
5. Japanese Red Cross sent out 230 temas to offer medical support
6. Shelters were up in schools near to the disaster areas
7. Japan and US Army began to search for bodies (2nd April)
8. Charities sent aid - tents, sleeping bags, fresh water
Long Term Resonses
1. Government began to improve the tsunami walls and flood gates
2. Government lookes at improving its earthquake prediction, monitoring and reducing time before warning
Fukishima Power Plant
1. Level 7 nuclear meltdown
2. 300 tonnes of radioactive water leaks into the seaevery day

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