Earthquakes; Japan 2011


	Earthquakes; Japan 2011
	Causes Japan is a feature of an ocean-ocean convergent plate boundry There's the Eurasian plate to the west, Pacific plate to theeast and Philipean plate to the south east Built up pressure of the subducting pacific plate eventually released as an earthquake The magnitude of the earthqukae measured 9 on the Richter scale	Effects Very little damage in Tokyo due to the buildings being built to withstand earthquakes 15,854 people were confirmed dead 26,992 people injured 3155 people went missing Meltdown of the fukushima niclear plant The upthrust of the eusasian boundry released a lot of energy up through the water causing a tsunami The tsunami reached it's heighest in sendai of 10km inland and reached 40m in miyako Although japan had coastal defences (sea wall) they were too small and didn't hold the tsunami back at all
	Overall summary Although the earthquake was large, the most damage came from the tsunami afterwards. Japan wasn't prepared for a tsunami of thate size.

Japan is a feature of an ocean-ocean convergent plate boundry
There's the Eurasian plate to the west, Pacific plate to theeast and Philipean plate to the south east
Built up pressure of the subducting pacific plate eventually released as an earthquake
The magnitude of the earthqukae measured 9 on the Richter scale

Very little damage in Tokyo due to the buildings being built to withstand earthquakes
15,854 people were confirmed dead
26,992 people injured
3155 people went missing
Meltdown of the fukushima niclear plant
The upthrust of the eusasian boundry released a lot of energy up through the water causing a tsunami
The tsunami reached it's heighest in sendai of 10km inland and reached 40m in miyako
Although japan had coastal defences (sea wall) they were too small and didn't hold the tsunami back at all

Although the earthquake was large, the most damage came from the tsunami afterwards. Japan wasn't prepared for a tsunami of thate size.

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