Tohoku, Japan - 2011

• 70km east of OshIla Peninsula

  -On NE Honshu island
• 30km deep focus
• 9.0 moment magnitude
• 11 March 2011 2:45 - 5 minutes
• Pacific subducts. North American ‘flicks up’
• 40m Tsunami
• 16,000 died, 6,000 injured, 3,000 missing
• 2/3 >60 years old - aging population
• Bodies in mass graves - Reduce disease
• 2,000 lost parents
• Ishinomaki worst hit
• Otsuchi lost 10% of population
• Affected supply chains - economy
• Sony lost $2.9 billion - 6 factories
• Nissan profit $3.8 billion

  -Quick recovery

  -People need cars
• 300,000 buildings destroyed - 78 bridges
• $300 billion total cost
• Earthquake damage 46%

  Tsunami damage 44%
• Tsunami wall - 8M

  Too small
• No houses on reclaimed land

  -Prevents liquefaction
• -Evacuation drills

  -Siren 90 seconds before quake

  -3 minutes after quake - 30 second tsunami warning
• Meters shut off gas and electric
• -Aseismic buildings

  -Decontaminating soil

  -International aid

  -Shelters and loans