Japan Tsunami Case Study Mind map
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- Created on: 27-03-17 12:01
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- Japan 11/03/11 Tsunami Natural Hazard
- Causes
- Physical
- When the plate flicked back up it displaced lots of water causing a tsunami
- Human
- 80% of people live on flat land near the coast
- Only 58% of people headed for higher ground
- Didn't expect that big of a tsunami
- Physical
- Effects
- Primary
- 300,000 buildings destroyed
- flooded 217 square miles travelled 6 miles inland
- 1,000 buildings were damaged
- Secondary
- $1,200 billion lost
- radiation leaked into groundwater, and grass lead to milk being contaminated(5x the safe amount)
- Primary
- Responses
- Causes
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