2011 Tohoku Earthquake Flashcards
1
Q
Country?
A
Japan
2
Q
Ranking on the moment magnitude scale?
A
9
3
Q
Which two plates met during the earthquake?
A
Pacific and N. America
4
Q
What type of earthquake was it?
A
An undersea megathrust
5
Q
What was notable about it?
A
One of the top 10 earthquales since 1900
6
Q
Social impacts
A
16 000 dead
* 2/3 of victims +60
6000 injured
2000 young people either orphaned or lost a parent
7
Q
Economic impacts
A
Cost of earthquake (including reconstruction)= $181 bn
- experienced weeks of powercuts lasting 3-4 hrs which added to this
4. 4 million households + thousands of businesses lost electricity
8
Q
Environmental impacts
A
Radioactive material leeched into the Pacific causing tuna in California to become radioactive
Levels of radioactivity exceeded 4000 times the legal limit
