EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN JAPAN 2011

NAME – KISHOR SARAN

ROLL NO. – 28, GUIDED BY:- MAA’M RUMA

BHADURIYA

BATCH – C2

DISASTER

DEFINATION:-

DISASTER IS A SUDDEN,

CALAMITOUS, EVENT BRINGING GREAT

DAMAGE, LOSS, DESTRUCTION AND

DEVASTATION TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

TYPES OF DISASTER

i) NATURAL DISASTERS-eg.: FLOOD,

CYCLONE,DROUGHT,EARTHQUAKE,

COLD WAVE,THUNDERSTORMS, HEAT

WAVES , STORMS,ETC.

ii) MAN MADE DISASTERS-eg.: SETTING

OF FIRE, EPIDEMICS,

DEFORESTATION, POLLUTION , WARS ,

INDUSTRIAL CRISIS, ACCIDENTS,

FOOD POISONING,ETC.

1. UNPREDICTABILITY

2. UNFAMILIARITY

3. SPEED

4. URGENCY

5. UNCERTAINTY

6. THREAT

FEATURES OF

DISASTER

JAPAN EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI

- EARTHQUAKE HAD HIT ON 11TH MARCH,2011

AT ‘TOHOKU’.

- IT WAS OF MAGNITUDE 9.0 .

- TSUNAMI WAVES REACHED UPTO 40.5mts

(133ft) IN ‘MIYAKO’.

- THE TSUNAMI MOVED TO ‘HONSHU’.

- AFTERSHOCK HITS THE WEST COAST OF

‘HONSHU’-6.3 MAGNITUDE.

- JAPANESE NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL

SAFETY AGENCY ANNOUNCED THAT

RADIATION NEAR THE PLANTS MAIN GATE IS

MORE THAN 8 TIMES THE NORMAL LEVELS.

CASUALITIES AND DAMAGES

-ACCORDING TO THE REPORT , 15854

WERE DEAD,3167 MISSING,26992

INJURED.

-FIRES WERE TRIGGRED ,MANY BECAME

HOMELESS.

-MORE THAN 125000 BUILDINGS WERE

DESTROYED.

- RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION WAS

GENERATED, WITH IRREVERSIBLE

DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

WHO WAS AFFECTED BY IT HAPPENING?

•Social •Economic

•Environmental •Political

• Government officials missing

• Towns have to rebuild without their leaders

• Town halls destroyed

• Rebuilding after devastation on such a grand scale is difficult for all people

• People are struggling to envisage a future in their towns

SOCIAL EFFECTS

ECONOMIC IMPACTS

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

- RESCUE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED

OUT.

- FOOD WERE SUPPLIED, MEDICAL

ATTENTION WERE PROVIDED TO THE

INJURED.

- SHELTERS WERE ALSO PROVIDED.

- -INFRASTRUCTURE WERE RE-

CONSTRUCTED.

- JAPANESE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY

WAS FORMED TO CARRY OUT ABOVE

MENTIONED TASKS.