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23 Cards in this Set
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Japan Date and time? |
Friday 11th March 2011
14.46 |
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Japan Magnitude? |
9 |
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Japan Duration |
6 minutes |
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Japan How far from Tokyo? |
4,000km |
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Japan How high was the tsunami? |
10m |
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Japan What plate is subducted under what plate? |
Pacific under Eurasian |
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Japan What type of plate boundary? |
Destructive |
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Japan What side of the Eurasian plate is Japan located on? |
East |
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Japan Earthquake is a result of thrust between... |
...Pacific and North American plate |
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Japan How much did the east coast shift by? |
2.4m |
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Japan Death toll? |
18,000 |
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Japan Injured? |
2,000 |
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Japan Displaced? |
530,000 |
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Japan Homes without power? |
1.2 million |
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Japan Homes destroyed? |
4,700 |
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Japan Economics? |
Yen fell sharply, Tokyo stocks fell |
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Japan Fukushima? |
Nuclear meltdown in reactor 1, 2 and 3 |
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Japan How much to repair and rebuild? |
£143 billion |
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Japan How soon before the earthquake was the warning issued? |
3 minutes |
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Japan How many countries offered aid? |
91 |
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Japan What did the defence ministry do? |
Sent 8 fighter jets to examine the damage |
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Japan What did the meteorological agency do? |
Appeared on tv to urge those affected not to return home due to the tsunami risk |
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Japan Three charities who set up a donation campaign; |
Save the Children British Red Cross World Vision UK |
