AQA A-Level Geography - Tohoku, Japan Case Study

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When was the Tohoku Earthquake?

March 2011

<p>March 2011</p>
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What was the Tohoku Earthquake on the Richter scale?

9.0

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What caused the earthquake?

The oceanic Pacific plate was being subducted by the continental North American plate causing the North American plate to be dragged down which then snapped back along a 500km fault

<p>The oceanic Pacific plate was being subducted by the continental North American plate causing the North American plate to be dragged down which then snapped back along a 500km fault</p>
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Which two plates were involved?

North American and Pacific

<p>North American and Pacific</p>
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How fast was the resulting tsunami?

800km/hr

<p>800km/hr</p>
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How long did people have to react before the tsunami hit?

30 minutes

<p>30 minutes</p>
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How much was Earth's axis shifted as a result of the earthquake?

10cm

<p>10cm</p>
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How many were named dead or missing?

18,000

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How many buildings were destroyed?

200,000

<p>200,000</p>
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How many homes lost electricity?

6 million

<p>6 million</p>
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How many were left without drinking water?

1 million

<p>1 million</p>
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What phenomenon occurred that caused mass flooding and buildings to collapse in cities?

Liquefaction

<p>Liquefaction</p>
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The tsunami reached Sendai airport, which is how far away from the coast?

1 mile

<p>1 mile</p>
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Radioactivity levels were increased in the local area by how much after the nuclear meltdown at the Fukishima plant?

40,000

<p>40,000</p>
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What was the total cost to rebuild areas that were affected?

$190 billion

<p>$190 billion</p>
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What area of coastal plains were flooded?

500km2

<p>500km2</p>
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Japanese Red-Cross mobilised how many emergency teams to the worst affected areas?

230

<p>230</p>
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How many Japanese soldiers were deployed for search and rescue?

100,000

<p>100,000</p>
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How much money did China send in aid?

$170,000

<p>$170,000</p>
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How many tonnes of fuel did the Chinese government donate?

20,000

<p>20,000</p>
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Japan has planned a rebuilding scheme, costing how much?

$300 billion

<p>$300 billion</p>
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How many square kilometres of ice calved on the Antarctic coast?

125km2

<p>125km2</p>
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How many tsunami waves were there?

10

<p>10</p>
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How many cubic metres of water was displaced?

100 billion m3

<p>100 billion m3</p>
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How many were forced to live in shelters?

500,000

<p>500,000</p>
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The Government of Pakistan sent 2 Air Force cargo planes carrying how many tonnes of food and water?

24 tonnes

<p>24 tonnes</p>
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New Zealand donated how much to the Japanese Red Cross?

$2 million

<p>$2 million</p>