The event completely altered the coastal geomorphology of hirota bay, which is located. It represents a step in the direction of global policy coherence with explicit reference. Sendai partnerships 20152025 for global promotion of understanding and reducing landslide disaster risk be established. The most catastrophic tsunami footage ever caught on camera 2017 destructive japanese tsnuami fact reality. The tsunami resulted in over 340,000 displaced people in the tohoku region, and shortages of food, water, shelter, medicine, and fuel for survivors. Overview of the 2011 tohoku earthquake tsunami damage and its relation to coastal protection along the sanriku coast nobuhito mori,a daniel t.
Health information for expatriates and students living in japan the us department of state and the us nuclear regulatory commission recommend that americans in japan remain at least 50 miles 80 km away from the damaged fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. The tsunami destroyed countless villages and caused a massive loss of life on march 11th, 2011 a magnitude 9. Sendai, japan tsunami animation activity teacher guide 112017 with table. Tsunamis are known for their capacity to violently flood coastlines, causing devastating property damage, injuries and loss of life. The volcanic or earthquake activity usually creates a huge wave underneath the ocean, which eventually come down violently onto the shoreline. Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 aftermath of the. Fukushima accident, disaster that occurred in 2011 at the fukushima daiichi number one nuclear power plant on the pacific coast of northern japan, which was caused by a severe earthquake and powerful series of tsunami waves and was the second worst nuclear power accident in history. Pdf analyzing the sendai framework for disaster risk reduction. The event began with a powerful earthquake off the coast of honshu, japans main island, which initiated a series of large tsunami waves that devastated many coastal areas.
A tsunami is a sudden violent change in the earths surface resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption. The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that reached heights of up to 40. The 11 march 2011 tohoku sendai, japan earthquake the 11 march 2011, mw 9. The primary focus of this case study is an analysis of the operations of the sendai microgrid in the aftermath of the earthquake. Virtually all tourist spots reopened within a few months of the earthquake. Tens of miles of crust ruptured along the trench where the tectonic plates meet. A tsunami is a series of ocean waves that sends surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 100 feet 30. Working hand in hand with the 2030 agenda, the sendai framework for disaster risk reduction 20152030 is the roadmap for how we make our communities safer and more resilient to disasters. In each case the cause was inadequate operator training and flaws in reactor design, exacerbated by inadequate understanding of potential risks. The outcome of the conference, the hyogo framework for action 20052015 hfa, is probably the most signi.
The tsunami devastated the citys coastal outskirts but did not cause major damage in the city center. Lessons learned from the tsunami disaster caused by the. Response to the 2011 great east japan earthquake and tsunami. Sendai was the closest major city to the epicenter of the earthquake of march 11, 2011. Impact of the huge 2011 tohokuoki tsunami on the phenotypes. What makes some experts, including hiroo kanamori who has.
Pdf a statistical analysis and comparison of historical. Earthquake and tsunami near sendai, japan on march 11, 2011, a magnitude 8. Tsunami and earthquake damage to coral reefs of aceh. The significant feature of the 2011 tsunami was the wide extent of inundation zone. On march 11, 2011, japan experienced the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. Tsunami source and inundation features around sendai coast. Causes, consequences, prediction, and response boris w. These walls of water can cause widespread destruction when. This is what caused the boxing day tsunami in the indian ocean in 2004 and it is also the reason behind the 2011 japan tsunami. Remember, tsunamis are an aftereffect of an earthquake. Effects of the japanese earthquake and tsunami congressional research service 1 introduction the march 2011 great tohoku earthquake and tsunami struck the northeast coast of japan. The waves destroyed protective tsunami seawalls at several locations.
Levin encyclopedia of life support systems eolss continues to be its strict teacher. What are the primary and secondary effects of the sendai. Official pdf, 29 pages world bank documents world bank group. The impact of the 2011 tohoku earthquake tsunami disaster. Mar, 2011 while rescue efforts continue in sendai, the city that lies just 80 miles kilometers east of the earthquake epicenter, the longterm future of the metropolis and surrounding area looks. Those who did survive the immediate effects of the earthquake had to face another challenge. The numbers in both categories increased dramatically in the following days as the extent of the devastationespecially in coastal areasbecame known and rescue operations. If the initial estimate is confirmed, it will be the fifth largest earthquake in recorded history. Jun 06, 2018 the most common cause of a tsunami is fro earthquakes. The earthquake struck below the north pacific ocean, kilometers 81 miles east of sendai, the largest city in the tohoku region, a. The tsunami devastated the islands and coasts of more than 10 countries in southern asia and eastern africa. The creation of the indian ocean tsunami warning and mitigation system post2004 was another milestone, as was the uns sendai framework for disaster risk reduction which sets targets for reducing mortality and numbers of people affected by such events.
But the 2015 chilean tsunami also highlighted the disparities. The death toll reached approximately 19,000, although a large majority of these fatalities occurred due to drowning in the tsunami. Along the coastal plain south of sendai, the offshore bathymetry caused the tsunami to break into a series of bores, seen on worldwide television networks as live videos. Although nearly all of the deaths and much of the destruction was caused by the tsunami waves along japans pacific coastline, the earthquake was responsible for considerable damage over a wide area. Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 aftermath of the disaster. This report presents an outline of the earthquake and summarizes the associated. Devasting earthquake tsunami effects in sendai airport. Express letter 2011 tohoku earthquake and tsunami data. The tsunami flooded an estimated area of approximately 217 square miles 561 square kilometers in japan. Click below to see a mapmaker interactive map displaying tectonic activity surrounding the tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The march 11 quake sent tsunami waves rushing into the coast of japan and rippling out across the entire pacific basin. Both the earthquake and tsunami caused enormous destruction in the. To understand how earthquakes cause tsunamis we must first fully understand what causes earthquakes.
Damage statistics summary of the 2011 off the pacific coast. Utc with an epicenter 129 kilometers 80 miles east of sendai. Jan 26, 2018 on march 11, 2011, a large earthquake occurred, causing a tsunami which struck the pacific coast of northeast japan. For the first time, protecting peoples health is at the centre. A tsunami is a natural disaster which is a series of fastmoving waves in the ocean caused by powerful earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides. Since the event occurred, many japanese groups have conducted. Overview of the 2011 tohoku earthquake tsunami damage. For the first time, protecting peoples health is at the centre of such a framework. If the trough of the tsunami wave reaches the coast first, this causes a phenomenon called drawdown, where it appears that sea level has dropped considerably. It was generated by an extremely large earthquake off the northwest coast of the indonesian island of sumatra. Since the event occurred, many japanese groups have.
The sendai microgrid operational experience in the. A multicentre survey was conducted at three hospitals. Early warning allowed the national response to system to kick in before the shaking march, 2011, national post editorial board. Aug, 2018 the earthquake was so powerful that it caused a massive tsunami to hit sendai and surrounding regions. It is the outcome of stakeholder consultations initiated in march 2012 and intergovernmental negotiations from july 2014 to march 2015, supported by the united nations office for disaster risk reduction. Ten years since adopting the hyogo framework for action in kobe shortly after the indian ocean tsunami, government representatives gathered in sendai, japan on 1418 march to negotiate a new framework for global action to reduce the risks of disasters.
It was also feared that the earthquake and ensuing giant tsunami waves. Tsunami simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction 2015 2030. The tsunami waves reached runup heights how far the wave surges inland above sea level of up to 128 feet 39 meters at miyako city and traveled inland as far as 6 miles 10 km in sendai. We revisited the lessons of the 2011 great east japan. Congressional research service summary the march 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that occurred in japan followed by the nuclear crisis are having a large negative impact on the economy of japan but a lesser effect on world trade and financial markets. The waves travelled as far as ten kilometres inland in sendai. The2011 tohoku earthquake tsunami caused considerable damage to coastal environments in eastern japan. Tsunami japan 2011, miyagi prefecture sms tsunami warning. The earthquake is the most devastating to occur in japan since the 1995. The aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami included both a humanitarian crisis and a major economic impact. The combination of the earthquake and the resulting tsunami caused a. The deadliest tsunami in recorded history occurred in the indian ocean in december 2004.
Tsunami characteristics and impacts at selected locations. It was the worlds fourth largest earthquake since 1900 and the largest in japan since modern instrumental recordings began years ago. The japan tohoku tsunami of march 11, 2011 earthquake. Japan tsunami sendai japanese films march 11, 2011 duration.
Sendai is were the tsunami hit japan in 2011 and tokyo felt the earthquake that came before it. Tohoku earthquake and tsunami national geographic society. This sound global platform will be mobilized in the coming decade to pursue prevention, to provide practical solutions, education, communication, and public outreach to reduce landslide disaster risk. A tsunami is a natural hazard consisting of a series of long, surgelike waves generated when a large volume of ocean water is rapidly displaced. The purpose of the asce tsunami re connaissance trip was to investigate and document the performance of. The 2011 off the pacific coast of tohoku earthquake, which occurred on march 11, 2011, caused enormous damage, particularly to the strip of land along the pacific ocean from the tohoku region to the kanto region, due to seismic motion and the tsunami it triggered. Japan tsunami causes largetstever life insurance catastrophe. Crescentshaped coasts and harbors, such as those near sendai, can play a role in focusing the waves as they approach the shore. Feb 19, 20 on 11 march 2011, the tohoku earthquake and tsunami struck off the coast of northeastern japan. These natural disasters were exacerbated by additional disruptions from the collateral damage to a. Within 3 weeks, an increased number of pneumonia admissions and deaths occurred in local hospitals.
Damage statistics summary of the 2011 off the pacific. Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 aftermath of the disaster. The most catastrophic tsunami footage ever caught on. We investigated the ecological and genetic effects of the large tsunami on the. The impact of the 2011 tohoku earthquake tsunami disaster and. Ports and airports in sendai were damaged and closed.
In fact, on the sendai plain, the tsunami inundated more than 5 km inland to have caused total devastation and the tsunami inundation on the sendai plain remained for several days because of the widearea subsidence imakiire and koarai, 2012. The whole view of the catastrophic disaster that happened in japan, in terms of its formation, impacts and remedial measures. Configuration of sendai microgrid the sendai microgrid is the system constructed by nttf for the. The social impacts of the tohoku earthquake were overwhelming. Pdf tohoku earthquake and tsunami on beach morphology. The earthquake and tsunami also caused extensive and severe structural damage in northeastern japan, including heavy damage to roads and railways as well as fires in many areas, and a dam collapse. Pdf on jun 1, 2015, ilan kelman and others published analyzing the sendai framework for disaster risk reduction find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Numerical simulations of largescale sediment transport. Japan earthquake and tsunami, severe natural disaster that occurred in northeastern japan on march 11, 2011, and killed at least 20,000 people. Estimated tsunami travel time forecast map for the 2011 sendai tsunami, japan.
Openstreetmap has good map data in this region, and the humanitarian osm team worked to further improve the coverage, and update our maps with some postdisaster information. As a result, they have been drastically changed to promote initiatives for building national resilience with the aim of creating safe and secure national lands, regions and economic society that have strength. Police in sendai also said there was a major explosion at a petrochemical complex in the city, the. The earthquake started a line of natural disasters as it created a tsunami, which then started the largest nuclear meltdown since chernobyl 1981. The sendai framework for disaster risk reduction 20152030 sfdrr is the first global policy framework of the united nations post2015 agenda. Overview of the industrial accidents caused by the great tohoku earthquake and tsunami japan, march 11th. Notable were fires in several cities, including a petrochemical plant in sendai. The tsunami devastated the citys coast and the earthquake caused severe damage in other areas of the city and killed andor displaced thousands of people in sendai, miyagi prefecture and neighboring areas. A statistical analysis and comparison of historical earthquake and tsunami disasters in japan and indonesia article pdf available in international journal of disaster risk reduction 7. Economic impacts of the 2011 tohokuoki earthquake and tsunami. The earthquake was centered km off the east coast of sendai, japan. Often a tsunami wave warns of its arrival with roaring and rumbling from the ocean, but sometimes a rising wall of water approaches silently and imperceptibly. The 2011 sendai earthquake and tsunami was a disaster which took place in 2011.
The tremors were the result of a violent uplift of the sea floor 80 miles off the coast of sendai, where the pacific tectonic plate slides beneath the plate japan sits on. As of 1 june 2019, the city had a population of 1,089,372, and is one of japans 20 designated cities. Aramaki azaaoba 4681, aobaku, sendai 9800845, japan. The tsunami flooded an area of approximately 561 square km. The water of the wave can be seen behind the palm trees in the background.
Our simulations also corroborated the height of the secondary wave amplitude observed at sendai port, which was caused by the reflected. Oct 28, 2015 the 2011 great east japan earthquake and tsunami disaster left many lessons to be learned regarding japans disaster management policies. Report of warning received on cell phone at the same time that the shaking started in rikuzentakata, a costal town in the iwate prefecture, one of the closest towns to the epicenter. Mar 11, 2011 the 2011 tohoku earthquake and tsunami was an 9.