Japan Earthquake 📖

Question 1

Why the effects won’t be as bad

Answer 1

The effects of the earthquake in Japan, will not be as bad as Haiti as it is a lot more of a developed country and therefore buildings wouldn’t get as damaged.

Question 2

Why there was also a Tsunami

Answer 2

The epicentre is under the sea which then caused a Tsunami, which had a higher death toll.

Question 3

Key facts

Answer 3

It happened at 2.47pm on the 11th of March 2011 and had a magnitude of 9.

Question 4

Ways in which Japan prevent impacts of earthquakes

Answer 4

Send out warnings, wore hats to protect their heads, turned of power, tsunami preventers, high sea walls.

Question 5

Causes of the earthquake

Answer 5

Pacific plate drives underneath the other plate (Eurasian Plate), waves travelled 6km per second, fault line on convergent plate boundary, epicentre 130km east of Sendai.

Question 6

Primary effects

Answer 6

• Cracks in the ground.

- Minor damage.

Question 7

Secondary effects

Answer 7

• Tsunami hit north of Sendai.
• 15 minutes later hit Sendai.
• Farmland covered in water.
• Sendai airport destroyed.
• Miyako hit next.