Japanese tsunami (2011)

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

2. Contents
1. What is a Tsunami?
2. Causes
3. Effects
4. Response
5. Personal Opinion
A soldier carries an elderly man on his back to a shelter in Natori, Miyagi prefecture Shimbun (2011)

3. What is a Tsunami?
A series of very long ocean wave
caused 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

4. 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

5. Cause: Earth’s tectonic plates collide
http://www.markedbyteachers.com/gcse/geography/2011-japanese-earthquake-and-tsunami-causes-and-effects.html

6. 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 impact
Material damage
:about $300 billion
Worldwide effect - Alaska, Hawaii, Chile
Japan Earthquake & Tsunami of 2011: Facts and Information Oskin (2011)

7. 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 Station
Air photo Service (2011)
Japan Earthquake & Tsunami of 2011: Facts and Information Oskin (2011)

8. Response
Government
• 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)

9. Emergency kit
Stay away from the coast
Getting to higher ground
Early warning system
Personal opinion
Rescue workers search for bodies and survivors in the rubble in Kesennuma, Miyagi province Bronstein (2011)

10. Reference
Pictures: 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=OvG8LGKyC24
CBC What are tsunamis? (2009/edit2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/what-are-tsunamis-1.820058
CNN 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 Information
http://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-1.1130841
tidal waves vs. tsunami (2016)
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Tidal_Wave_vs_Tsunami