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Tohoku Tsunami Research Paper

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Japan has had many tsunamis, but this one was different… this one was catastrophic. The tsunami that hit Tohoku, Japan on March 11 was devastating. The tsunami took plenty of lives and was not even the biggest, but it sure was close. It did not only destroy houses and the city but a huge nuclear plant and many peoples lives. It came fast, it came big, and know one was prepared. The 2011 Tohoku tsunami/earthquake that all began with a slip, took out a very populated area with outrageous height, speed, and devastation.
On march 11, 2011 a giant 133 foot wave hit the city of Tohoku, Japan (Japan Earthquake & Tsunami of 2011: Facts and Information). According to (About Tohoku), Tohoku occupies about 30% of the Honshu island and the population of …show more content…

With the mountain ranges all over the island, it could be boiling hot on one side and on the other it could be 20 degrees colder pouring rain.Tohoku also has many hot springs and volcanoes around these mountains (About Tohoku). The volcanoes and hot springs are great tourist attractions, but are very dangerous. Most the the mountains on the Tohoku where probably formed by volcanoes many years ago. A source states that there are four stages in the formation of a tsunami (Tsunamis . 2014). On March 11, 2011 the first stage of a tsunami formation began called initiation (Tsunamis . 2014). Initiation is when when two plates slip at a subduction zone or a volcano erupts and disturbs the water (Tsunamis . 2014). The disturbance from the subduction zone is so big that it causes two huge waves to form. After initiation took place the second stage kicked in; known as split (Tsunamis . 2014). Split is where two waves separate; one wave is known as your local tsunami wave and the other is known as a distant tsunami that travels into the deep ocean (Tsunamis . 2014). The local tsunami wave is the wave that causes most damage and is to hit land first. The local tsunami is also the one that you see

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