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Japan Tsunami
- About
- 2011
- waves reached 7-10 metres
- Coastline sank- sea walls didn't work!
- 2011
- Causes
- Earthquake
- Eurasian plate and pacific plate, destructive plate boundary. Pacific plate subducting, pulling Eurasian plate down with it, earthquake meant Eurasian plate pinged back up, and lots of water was displaced.
- 15 mile focus
- 80km off the coast of Sendai
- Eurasian plate and pacific plate, destructive plate boundary. Pacific plate subducting, pulling Eurasian plate down with it, earthquake meant Eurasian plate pinged back up, and lots of water was displaced.
- Earthquake
- Effects
- Primary
- 16,000 dead
- 3000 injured.
- Buildings destroyed
- Fukishima Power plant desrtoyed- radiation leak
- 4000 roads destoyed
- 16,000 dead
- Secondary
- Food shortages because cattle were fed radioactive straw
- Over a year on and 300,000 people still living in temporary accomodation
- Lots of people lost their jobs
- Food shortages because cattle were fed radioactive straw
- Primary
- Responses
- Immediate
- over 100 countries offered aid
- Sendai Airport had to be closed
- Rescue teams searched for survivors
- Medical supplies, water purification tablets and food distributed
- 452,000 people given temporary accomodation
- over 100 countries offered aid
- Long Term
- Sea Walls are being rebuilt
- Power saving measures
- The power plants remain closed, a year on
- Sea Walls are being rebuilt
- Immediate
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