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Damage due to the Great East Japan Earthquake


On This Day: 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami | News

The costs resulting from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan alone were estimated at $220 billion USD. The damage makes the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and ...

Great East Japan Earthquake - 復興庁

In total, approximately 122,000 buildings were completely destroyed, about 283,000 suffered severe damage, and another approximately 748,000 were partially ...

Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 | Facts & Death Toll

Of those, fewer than 100 were from prefectures other than Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima. Miyagi prefecture suffered the greatest losses, with ...

Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami - UNEP

in massive loss of life, environmental devastation and infrastructural damage. The disaster also damaged ... from radioactive releases. UNEP Update, 11 ...

Japan earthquake & tsunami of 2011: Facts and information

The direct financial damage from the disaster is estimated to be about $199 billion dollars (about 16.9 trillion yen), according to the Japanese ...

Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 - Britannica

Of those, fewer than 100 were from prefectures other than Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima. Miyagi prefecture suffered the greatest losses, with ...

2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami: Facts, FAQs, how to help

The direct economic loss from the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster is estimated at $360 billion. Though Japan is a world leader in ...

Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami - National Geographic Education

Most tsunamis, like the one that formed off Tohoku, are triggered by underwater tectonic activity, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The Tohoku ...

Learning from Megadisasters: A Decade of Lessons from the Great ...

On March 11th, 2011 a Magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan, near the Tohoku region. The force of the earthquake sent ...

A Look Back at the 2011 Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake

Ultimately, this event caused the highest economic losses from a natural disaster ever observed: The World Bank estimated the economic impact at ...

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia

It lasted approximately six minutes and caused a tsunami. It is sometimes known in Japan as the "Great East Japan Earthquake" (東日本大震災, Higashi nihon ...

The Great East Japan Earthquake: Its Damages, Impacts on the ...

Table 2: Major economic indicators related to the Great East Japan Earthquake. The number of bankruptcies did not rise in the devastated area; rather, the ...

Damage from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

This paper presents a timely report of the features of the earthquake and tsunami, the damage they caused, and the early efforts for recovery and ...

Great East Japan Earthquake

prefectures, thus does not cover the whole damages caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Source: Development Bank of Japan, Tohoku Branch Office. Page ...

Ten Years After the 2011 Tohoku, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

More than 120,000 buildings were destroyed, 278,000 were half-destroyed and 726,000 were partially destroyed. The direct financial damage from ...

Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on health ...

The subsequent tsunami brought about catastrophic damage to the three prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate and in particular the area from the southern ...

Response to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami ...

One can understand how, with this huge concrete breakwater, people in Kamaishi would feel well protected, and yet the 2011 tsunami caused 1253 ...

Great East Japan Earthquake: update on damage and recovery (2nd ...

... tsunami that took place in Japan on March, 11 2011. It is intended to help understand better the damages and losses caused by the earthquake ...

Japan's 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami: Economic Effects and ...

Japan has lost considerable physical and human capital. Physical damage has been estimated to be from $195 billion to as much as $305 billion. ( ...

Deadly Japan quake and tsunami spurred global warming, ozone loss

Buildings destroyed by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake released thousands of tons of climate-warming and ozone-depleting chemicals into the ...