japan 2011 Flashcards
1
Q
Is Japan a MEDC or a LEDC
A
MEDC
2
Q
what were the hazards?
A
- ground shaking
- tsunami
-waves over 10 m high - moved 5km in land
40km of coastline affected
3
Q
where was the epicentre?
what was its depth?
A
- offshore japan
- 24km
4
Q
when was the earthquake?
A
11 march 2011
5
Q
what was its magnitude?
A
9
6
Q
how many aftershocks were there?
what was there magnitude?
A
- 102
- 6 or greater
7
Q
what were the causes?
A
- destructive plate boundary
- pacific plate subducted underneath north american plate
8
Q
what were the secondary impacts?
A
- food rationing and water shortages
- 4 million people were without electricity in Tokyo
- 25 million tones of debris generated
- 15,853 killed
- 6,023 injured
- 3,282 missing
- value of yen dropped
- 4,000 roads, 78 bridges, 29 railways affected
- more that 330,000 living in temporary accommodation
- reconstruction cost estimated at 23 trillion yen equal to £181 billion.
- almost 300,000 buildings destroyed and a further 1 million damaged
- radioactive leaks from nuclear power stations
- oil refineries near Tokyo caught fire
- rail services cut to save energy
