"If the Japanese can't do it. Who can?"Japan has suffered many earthquakes, some minor some major. We are looking at one earthquake in particular... one that occurred only last year. These are some things I learnt from the locals, some even told me of their traumatizing stories of death and survival...
Tohuku Earthquake, 2011
- Location: pacific coast of Tohuku
- Date: 11 March 2011
- Origin time: 14:46:23 JST
- Duration: 6 minutes
- Magnitude: 9.0
- Depth: 32 km
- Total damage: tsunami wave, flooding, landslides, fires, building and infrastructure damage, nuclear incidents including radiation releases
- Casualties: 15,854 deaths, 26,992 injured, 3,155 missing
--> Damage and impacts
- PORTS: all of Japan's ports closed after the earthquake, 319 fishing boats + 10% of fishing ports were damaged
- DAMS AND WATER: the Fujinuma irrigation dam in Sukagawa ruptured and caused flooding + washing away 5 homes, access to water was limited
- ELECTRICITY: 4.4 mil households deprived of electricity,
- OIL, GAS AND COAL: 220,000 barrel per day oil refinery of Cosmo Oil Company was set on fire by the quake, it was extinguished after 10 days - killing/injuring 6 people + destroying storage tanks
- NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: many reactors were shut down, Fukushima meltdowns also caused a national state of emergency
- WIND POWER: none of the wind turbines, totaling 2300MW failed since it was hit as a result of the earthquake and tsunami
- TRANSPORT: transport suffered severe disruptions
--> Strategies
- Planning the location of infrastructure
- Designing new infrastructure
- Strengthening existing infrastructure
- Education
- Earthquake monitoring & warning system
source: www.wikipedia.org
The Destruction..
The Debris...
The Aftermath..
The Fire. The Carnage :C
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