JAPANESE TSUNAMI (2011)

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 Shimbun(2011) People waiting to be rescued spell out the letteres 'SOS' on top of a building in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture

Contents 1. What is a Tsunami?

2. Causes

3. Effects

4. Response

5. Personal Opin-ion

 A soldier carries an elderly man on his back to a shelter in Natori, Miyagi prefecture Shimbun (2011)

What is a Tsunami?

A series of very long ocean wavecaused by a sudden displacement of

water.

Picture: A house is seen adrift in the Pacific Ocean off Sendai US navy 2011

CBC What are tsunamis? (2012) http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/what-are-tsunamis-1.820058

X Tidal wave X

Japan

March 11,2011

The 4th largest in the world

Quake strength now referred to as 'magnitude‘ as Richter's name retired (2011)http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/richter-magnitude-scale-explained-1.1130841

Magnitude – 9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvG8LGKyC24

Cause: Earth’s tectonic plates collide

http://www.markedbyteachers.com/gcse/geography/2011-japanese-earthquake-and-tsunami-causes-and-effects.html

Effects• Casualties

Deaths and missing :more than 22,000

The sea sweeps far inland in coastal areas of Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture Kyodo(2011)

Total devastation is seen in an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, iji Press(2011)A huge ship is washed up onto shore next to damaged homes in the city of Kamaishi in Iwate prefecture. Shimbun (2011)

Smokes rises from the badly damaged town of Yamada in Iwate prefecture. Shimbun(2011)

• Financial im-pact

Material damage :about $300 bil-

lionWorldwide effect - Alaska, Hawaii, Chile

Japan Earthquake & Tsunami of 2011: Facts and Information Oskin (2011)

Effect: Nuclear meltdown• cooling system failure• release of radioactive materials• North American coast offshore - detected

Damaged reactors are seen after an explosion at Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Kyodo(2011)

An aerial view of damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power StationAir photo Service (2011)

Japan Earthquake & Tsunami of 2011: Facts and Information Oskin (2011)

ResponseGovernment• build buildings more resistant to tsunamis• Warning system▲

Citizen• Previous experience → higher place• Still recovering

One building rests on another in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture Kyodo(2011)

 A man looks out over an area devastated by the earthquake and resulting tsunami in Sendai Kyodo (2011)

Emergency kit

Stay away from the coastGetting to higher ground

Early warning system

Personal opinion

Rescue workers search for bodies and survivors in the rubble in Kesennuma, Miyagi province Bronstein (2011)

ReferencePictures:

http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/03/japan-earthquake-rescue-recovery and-reaction/100024/ , http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/2011-earthquake-tsunami-60-powerful-photos-disaster-that-hit-japan-five-years-ago-1548255

Video: Reinoehl(2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvG8LGKyC24CBC What are tsunamis? (2009/edit2012)http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/what-are-tsunamis-1.820058CNN 2011 Japan Earthquake Tsunami Fast Facts http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/17/world/asia/japan-earthquake---tsunami-fast-facts/Oskin (2015) Japan Earthquake & Tsunami of 2011: Facts and Informationhttp://www.livescience.com/39110-japan-2011-earthquake-tsunami-facts.html Quake strength now referred to as 'magnitude' as Richter's name retired (2011)http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/richter-magnitude-scale-explained-1.1130841tidal waves vs. tsunami (2016)http://www.diffen.com/difference/Tidal_Wave_vs_Tsunami

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