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20 Cards in this Set
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How much did the Eastern coastline sink by? |
0.5m |
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In which direction and by how far did Japan move> |
Moved east by 4m |
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How many people were killed? |
20,000 |
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Why was the death toll high? |
Power of surge overtopping tsunami defences and areas though to be safe from tsunamis flooding. |
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What port city was almost completely destroyed? |
Sendai |
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How much coastal land flooded? |
500km^2 destroying farmland |
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What did ruptured gas pipes lead to? |
Fires for several days |
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How many buildings were destroyed or damaged in total? |
200,000 |
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Which power plant had explosions and why? |
Fukushima nuclear power plant as seawater flooded over the defences |
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Electricity was cut off in how many homes? |
6 million |
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How many people were cut off from running water? |
1 million |
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How many aftershocks were there and what did they cause? |
1000. Heavy snow and roads blocked by debris slowed down relief efforts. |
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How much did the government estimate damage from the earthquake and tsunami at? |
16-25 trillion yen. |
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How many Japanese soldiers were deployed and what did they do? |
100,000. Search and rescue and handing out food, water and blankets. |
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How were people warned? |
Texts and TV broadcasts and loud sirens outside. |
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How much warning did sirens give to people on land? |
24 minutes |
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How many nuclear reactors failed? |
3 |
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What type of plate boundary did it happen at? |
Destructive |
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Name two long term responses. |
Reconstruction programme involving rebuilding houses, roads and railways. Tsunami defences being reconsidered to be taller height. |
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How fast did the wave travel? |
480mph which is a fast as a jet liner. |
