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What is a Tsunami? |
A special type of wave where an event, often an Earthquake, moves the entire depth of water above it. |
Caused by Earthquake |
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How is it caused? |
Destructive Plate Margin Pressure built up releases Displacement of vertical column of water Gains height as water gets shallower Column of water splits into two (one to sea one to land) |
Destructive plate boundary |
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Japan 11.03.2011 Effects |
Houses destroyed, cars swept away, total destruction. Ruptured gas pipes led to fires that raged for days. 500km² of land undated destroying farmland. Port city Sendai destroyed. Over 20000 killed. Electricity cut off in almost 6,000,000 homes, 1,000,000 left without running water. Explosions at Fukushima power plant led to believe ground is contaminated. Heavy snow, roads blocked by debris Food, water, medical supplies ran low. Japan has rising debts of billions of dollars. |
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Conservative Plate Boundary |
When two plates move rub past each other in different directions or speeds. Friction builds up till it is released as an Earthquake. (San Andreas Fault) |
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Focus |
The point in the earth's crust where an Earthquake occurs |
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Epicentre |
The point directly above the focus on the earth's surface |
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The Richter Scale |
0-10 scale Logarithmic Measures power of earthquake |
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Super Volcano Features |
80km-100km in length. Has a caldera which is a depression showing the collapsed magma chamber. Has an ejecta of 1000km³. Yellowstone Volcano estimated 87000 deaths. Flat, enormous. |
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Supervolcano global effects |
Heavy ash cloud so buildings will collapse. Cross would fail so 40% of world population face starvation. Cross would be difficult to grow because the world will drop 10°C for 6-10 years due to sulphur from eruption. Ash cloud rising 40-50 km into the atmosphere so flights grounded. Ash will circle earth so climate is changed. |
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MEDC Kobe Effects |
316000 homeless, 5477 deaths. 80km² of city destroyed. 12 trains derailed. Port destroyed. Water and has mains ruptured cutting off power and water supplies to over 1000000 homes. Eastern line of bullet train destroyed. Hanshin Expressway destroyed, 200 people crushed on their vehicles beneath the Hanshin Expressway. Importing and exporting stopped. Fires spread- ruptured gas pipes. Thousand of businesses closed down. Total estimated cost at 10 billion yen.
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LEDC Haiti Effects |
230,000 died, 300,000 injured, 1.3 million people homeless. Several hospitals collapsed. 30,000 commercial buildings collapsed. Airport and port damaged. Bodies decayed and spread disease like Cholera. Electricity, water, sanitation and communication systems went down. Prisoners escaped. Many people looted. |
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