Japan Case Study

Cards (10)

  • 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.