Tectonics - Tohuku Tsunami

Question 1

date

Answer 1

march 2011

Question 2

richter scale

Answer 2

7.2

Question 3

aftershock

Answer 3

9.0 magnitude

Question 4

location

Answer 4

east coast of Japan

Question 5

plate margin

Answer 5

convergent destructive
pacific plate subducted under Eurasian plate

Question 6

movement of plate

Answer 6

over 9m upwards

Question 7

wave height

Answer 7

40 metres

Question 8

speed of onset

Answer 8

10 minutes

Question 9

wave distance

Answer 9

10km inland

Question 10

speed of waves

Answer 10

500mph
5 miles per second
jet aircraft speed

Question 11

evacuation

Answer 11

over 200,000

Question 12

death toll

Answer 12

over 15,000

Question 13

evacuation facilites

Answer 13

within 10 days over 450,000

Question 14

tons of rubble and debris

Answer 14

25 million

Question 15

aviation

Answer 15

Sendai airport unusable within minutes

Question 16

sea defences

Answer 16

18ft sea wall destroyed, worlds largest and deepest

Question 17

japanese red cross

Answer 17

appealed for aid funds within hours of disasters

Question 18

temporary housing

Answer 18

700,000 prefabricated homes

Question 19

nuclear station

Answer 19

50 volunteer nuclear power station workers remained to cool down battling system, stopped widespread radioactive leakage

Question 20

governance

Answer 20

japan experiences 20% of worlds earthquakes, developed country so had systems in place
tokyo on quadruple tectonic junction with population of 20 million

Question 21

A03 of disaster magnitude

Answer 21

scale of destruction was too great to manage, no matter responses or preparation