Tokyo Earthquake Tsunami 2011 Information

TOKYO EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI 2011

INFO

LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT

• HDI – 0.912 (http://countryeconomy.com/hdi/japan)

• GDP - 5.896 trillion USD in 2011 (World Bank)

• GDP per capita - 45,130 USD in 2011 (World Bank)

ASSOCIATED HAZARDS

• After an hour, waves 30ft high hit the Japanese coast

• 6.2 magnitude aftershock hits the Nagano and Niigata prefecture

• Aftershock hits the west coast of Honshu - 6.3 magnitude at 5:56am next day

• 1000 recorded aftershocks since then, two registered at 6.6 and one at 7.1 according to the USGS

KEY INFORMATION AND STATISTICS (CNN)

• Time + date: 11^th March 2011, 2:46pm

• Magnitude: 8.9/9.0

• Takes place 231 miles northeast of Tokyo at a depth of 15.2 miles

• Death toll: 15,884

• Material damage: 25 trillion yen ($300 billion)

SOCIO ECONOMIC PROFILE in 2014 (CIA Fact Book)

• total dependency ratio: 61.6 %
• population growth rate: 0.13%
• birth rate: 8.07 births/1,000 population
• death rate: 9.38 deaths/1,000 population
• improved drinking water source: 100% population
• literacy rate: 99% total population
• unemployment of youth ages 15-24: 7.9%

SHORT TERM IMPACTS

• The earthquake shifted Earth on its axis of rotation by redistributing mass + the temblor also shortened the length of day by 1.8 microseconds
• 163,000 people were in shelters around the country following evacuation
• 164,059 households in the north were without electricity
• 170,000 households in eight prefectures were without running water
• 46,027 buildings have been destroyed, washed away or burnt down, the National Police Agency of Japan said
• As the tsunami crossed the Pacific Ocean, a 5-foot high (1.5 m) high wave killed more than 110,000 nesting seabirds at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
• The tremor bent the upper tip of the iconic Tokyo Tower

LONG TERM IMPACTS

• Tsunami caused a cooling system failure at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, which resulted in a level 7 nuclear meltdown and release of radioactive materials. The Fukushima Plant continues to…