25km under the Pacific ocean, 100km off the Japanese coast
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what were the effects of the disaster?
15000 people died
$181 billion in reconstruction
300000 made homeless and living in temporary accommodation
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what were the primary effects of the disaster?
90% of the 15000 deaths were from drowning
wave reached 10km inland in some places
coastline dropped by 6m due to quake so the tsunami got over however the sea walls did work as intended
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what were the secondary effects of the disaster?
japan moved 2m out to sea
earth shifted 15cm on its axis
the tsunami caused the coastline to drop 6m, along with the coastal defences
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what happened at the Fukishima power plant?
the tsunami flooded the basement of the plant which housed the backup generators causing them to fail and thus a meltdown occurred, leading to an exclusion zone being set up
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where was the epicentre?
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25km under the Pacific ocean, 100km off the Japanese coast
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