This document discusses the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. It began with definitions of disaster and descriptions of different types of natural and man-made disasters. It then provides details of the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake off the coast of Japan that triggered massive tsunami waves up to 133 feet high, causing over 15,000 deaths. The tsunami damaged over 125,000 buildings and caused radiation contamination from affected nuclear power plants, resulting in long-term environmental damage. The response efforts included search and rescue operations, food and medical aid, shelter, and rebuilding infrastructure.

2. EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN JAPAN 2011
NAME – KISHOR SARAN
ROLL NO. – 28, GUIDED BY:- MAA’M RUMA
BHADURIYA
BATCH – C2

3. DISASTER
DEFINATION:-
DISASTER IS A SUDDEN,
CALAMITOUS, EVENT BRINGING GREAT
DAMAGE, LOSS, DESTRUCTION AND
DEVASTATION TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

4. 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.

5. 1. UNPREDICTABILITY
2. UNFAMILIARITY
3. SPEED
4. URGENCY
5. UNCERTAINTY
6. THREAT
FEATURES OF
DISASTER

6. 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.

9. 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.

10. WHO WAS AFFECTED BY IT
HAPPENING?
• Social
• Economic
• Environmental
• Political

11. • 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

12. ECONOMIC IMPACTS

13. ENVIRONMENTAL
EFFECTS

15. 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.