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Place
Tohoku Earthquake - MEDC - North East of main island honshu
Death
20,352 people
Injuries
5,314 people
Displaced
130,927 people
Power supply
4.4 million households in NE japan lost electricity and power blackouts were felt in some areas for up to 3 months
Building destroyed
332,395 buildings
Hospital
300 hospital damaged, 11 destroyed
Economy
The world bank estimated a cost of $235 billion for the damage and thought this would take 5 years to rebuild
Further casualties
922 people have died as a result of the harsh living conditions since earthquake
Tsunami
A 40m tsunami was generated which killed thousands of lives. Wave travelled east towards alaska and Chile. Flooding caused by waves polluted and affected drinking water
Land subsidence
Some coastal areas experienced subsidence and the back front dropped by 50cm.this made the area more vulnerable to flooding
Landmass movement
The quake moved NE japan 2.4m closer to N America, making parts of the Japanese island landmass wider than before
Liquefaction
Occurred in many of the parts of Tokyo built on reclaimed land. 1046 buildings were damaged
Coastline movement
A 250 mile stretch of coastline dropped by 0.6m allowing the tsunami wave to travel further inland
Earthquake prediction
Japan spent over 70 million trying to predict earthquake before they happen. They use laser to measure possible earth movements
National disaster prevention day
Every year on 1st sept the Japanese government holds earthquake and tsunami drills
Rebuilding
Japanese government announced that more than 23 trillion yen over the next 10 years would be made available to adi rebuilding programes
Aid
Aid organisation in Japan and worldwide responsed to the disaster. The Japanese red cross reported over 1 billion in donations
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