Geography Case Study - Restless Earth

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Earthquake:

• 11th March 2011, there was a 9.0 magnitude earthquake in Japan.
• The epicentre was 130 km east of Sendai
• Japan is on the eastern edge of the Eurasion plate. The Pacific plate (oceanic) is then subducted under the Eurasion plate. Which is called a destructive plate margin.
• Subduction caused friction in the Pacific plate which then caused the earthquake and tsunami.

Primary Impacts:

• Around 16,000 people were killed
• 2 million people were left homeless as a result of the tsunami. 

Secondary Impacts:

• 500,000 people were forced to live in shelters
• Water bourne diseases spread rapidly because of the scarcity of water. 
• The earthquake caused a…