JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND

TSUNAMI
(2011)
•It happened on march 11,2011
Friday at 2:26 pm
• Most powerful earthquake ever recorded
in japan
• Great east japan earthquake
• Fourth most powerful earthquake in the
world
• A magnitude of 9.0 – 9.1 under sea
megathrust earthquake
• The shaking lasted about six (6) minutes
Japan earthquake
map
 •Earthquake struck offshore of
Japan along subduction zone where
two of earth’s tectonic plate collide
• Presidents of Tokyo received a minute of
warning before the strong shaking in the
city
• People in Japan also receive texted alerts of
earthquake and tsunami on their cellphones.
Less than hour after the earthquake the first
of many tsunami were hit Japan’s coast line
• Tsunami reached run up heights of up to 128
ft (39 meters)
• Some regions such as miyagi ang fukushima,
only 58% og people headed for higher
• 6,157 Injured •15,898 Deaths
• 2,531 Peoples missing
• 121, 778 Buildings as “total collapsed”
• 280,926 Buildings “half collapsed”
• 699,180 Buildings “partially damaged”
 •World
• The
bank tsunami
estimated wave also
traveled
economic across the
cost was Pacific,
reaching
US $235 Alaska,
Hawaii,
Billion and Chili
residents are still recovering from
disaster
• As of february 2017, there were still
about 150,000 evacuees who lost their
homes
• 50,000 were still living in temporary
housing