Hazard Profiles

Source: Wideworld magazine, Sep 2011

Location of Epicentre: off the northeast coast of Japan, 130 km east of Sendai (the nearest city) 

Scale of Earthquake: 9.0

Boundary: Pacific plate subducted under Eurasian plate

Height of Wave: highest was 30 metres 

Deaths: 16,000

Source: Worldwide magazine, Sep 2011

Location of Epicentre: Off the northeast coast of Japan, 130 km from Sendai (the nearest city)

Boundary: Pacific plate subducted under the Eurasan plate

Deaths: 260 (low)

Secondary Hazards: Devistating tsunami

Source: Geography Review magazine, Feb 2012

Location: South Montserrat

Active from: 1995

Source: Geography Review magazine, Sep 2012

Location: the Indian Ocean 

Scale: 8.9

Source: Natural Hazards magazine, 2010/2011

Location: Sichuan

Scale: 7.9

Focus: Shalllow (19 km) 

Deaths: 90,000

Note: It was poor prapardness rather than physical factors which led to such a large scale of desaster

Source: Natural Hazards Magazine, 2012/2013

Location: 28 km north of Yogyakarta city, central Java, Indonesia 

Boundary: Indo-Australian plate subducting beneath Eurasian plate

Type: Strato-volcano Active since: 1548

Secondary hazard: Nov 2006, heavy rain triggured lahars.