Multi-Hazard environment: Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami 2011

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Effects

Buildings Collapsed
Liquid coming out of the ground from the cracks - liquidfraction
Tsunami 10m in height
Number of deaths overall: 16,000
1,500 died in earthquake
14,500 died in tsunami
90% of deaths were from the tsunami
145,000 damaged buildings
6000 people injured
4.4 million homes with no electricity
1.5 million homes without water
340,000 displaced people
Total cost $360 billion
272,788 buildings collapsed
Nuclear plant meltdown

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Fact file & causes

11/03/11
700 aftershocks in 2 weeks
Magnitude of 9
20 minutes after the earthquake a tsunami formed
10 waves each 1km apart from each other

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Management/ response

Emergency crew helped save people who were trapped
Automatic TV and mobile phone warnings sent to alert attention for cover
Earthquake drills are taken
Tsunami sirens - people didn’t seem bothered because of how often they occur
40% of Japan is covered with coastal protection
2010 they produced a map to show where earthquakes are most likely to strike
Nuclear power stations were shut down
Gas turned off

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