Japan Case Study

• Where is Japan located?

  Eastern Asia in the Pacific Ocean, is East of China and the Korean peninsula and it is an archipelago.
• How many people died and how many were injured in the Japanese Earthquake?

  Deaths: 15,894

  Injuries: 6,152
• What happened due to a 9m wave crashing into the coast?

  Nuclear crisis
• Why was there a flood defence disaster?

  Japan built flood defence walls at 12m, but the waves went over them.
• How many buildings were destroyed?

   332,395 buildings
• How many people were left without electricity?

  4.4 million
• How much did the disaster cost?

  US$235 billion
• Only 58% of people in the coastal areas followed the tsunami warnings and headed for higher ground. The waves hit 49% of those who did not follow the warning.
• Nuclear disaster caused radiation levels to be eight times higher then usual.
• Coastal changes - A 250 mile stretch of coastline dropped by 0.6 m, allowing the tsunami to travel further inland.