earthquake 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyCase studiesA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Gabi ChaseCreated on: 23-04-14 09:42 when was the japanese earthquake? march 11th 2011 1 of 17 what magnitude? 9 2 of 17 where was the epicentre? 100km off the coast 3 of 17 what happened? 400-500km long segment of the north american plate, dragged down by the subducting pacific plate, slipped upwards 5-10m 4 of 17 what then happened? japan's warning system kicked in, which sent a text message to everyone 5 of 17 what speed were the p-waves? 6km/s 6 of 17 what speed were s-waves? 3km/s 7 of 17 what area did it flood? 500sqkm 8 of 17 order of places it hit ofunato[north], sendai [south] and then miyako [north] 9 of 17 what mass of water was lifted upwards? 6km mass, 1m high and 100km front to back 10 of 17 what happened to sendai? low-lying flat land thus nothing to stop it, airport recently built completely destroyed 11 of 17 what happened in miyako? built 10m sea walls, land subsided 1m, sea walls breached 12 of 17 what happened to nuclear power plant? fukishima, wave flooded diesel generators which were cooling reactor cores, nuclear disaster 13 of 17 what was the aftershock in tokyo? over 500, one was 6.2 14 of 17 how many dided 20,000 15 of 17 how many lived in temp shelters 1500 16 of 17 how many homes still without running water? 1million and electricity cut off in 6million homes 17 of 17
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