HIC Earthquake case study questions

  1. how many deaths - 15000

  2. How many homes destroyed - 300,000

  3. How many $ of damages - $3 billion

  4. How many left without power 4.4 milllion

  5. How tall was the new tsunami wall compared to the old one - 12m - 10m

  6. What type of plate boundary caused the earthquake - destructive

  7. Which tectonic plates - pacific and Eurasian

  8. Where in japan - sendai

Primary effects

  1. liquefaction

  2. Coast dropped by 1m

  3. 300,000 homes destroyed

  4. 15,000 deaths

Secondary effects

  1. 4.4 million left without power

  2. Nuclear power station meltdown (Fukushima)

  3. $300 billion in damages

Immediate responses

  1. Early warning system

  2. Fukushima shut down

  3. Some evacuated

Long term responses

  1. New 12m high tsunami wall built

  2. More earthquake drills

  3. New and improved warning system