Japan

• What are primary effects 


  What will happen immediately as a result of something (earthquake)
• What are secondary effects


  Things that happen in the hours, days, and weeks after the initial earthquake
• What is Japan

  High income country

  Hic
• When did the japan earthquake occur 


  March 2011
• What plate margin did it happen at


  Destructive plate margib
• What was is on the richter scale


  9.0
• How many people died

  15,000
• How many people were injured

  6,100
• How many people went missing

  130,900
• how many building were destroyed

  332,000
• how many building were destroyed

  332,000
• How many hospitals were destroyed 


  11
• What was an after cause of the earthquake

  Tsunam, waves up to 40meters
• What were japans short term responses

  Tsunami warnings- allowing 58% to head to higher ground

  Emergency guards- trained to deal with it

  International help
• What were there long term responses

  Scientific research was done so it could be prevented from happening again

  Rebuilt in 6 months
• Happened in 2011
• 16,000 people died
• 6,000 injured
• 130,000 missing
• 11 hospitals
• 332,000 buildings destroyed
• $235 billion spent to redo it
• Rebuilt happened in 6 months