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Japan Earthquake Research Paper

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The Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011, also known as the Tōhoku Earthquake, occurred in northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011. At approximately 2:46pm local Japan standard time, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck with its epicenter about 80 miles east of the city of Sendai, Miyagi in the Pacific Ocean around a depth of 18.6 miles below the sea floor. The earthquake spawned massive waves measuring some 33 feet high flooding the coast and the surrounding countryside. Some reports claimed that the waves penetrated some 6 miles inland causing the Natori River to overflow. The retreating floodwaters also carried back with them enormous amounts of debris and thousands of victims, this was the biggest measured earthquake in Japan (Japan, 2015). …show more content…

The reactors at three nuclear stations closest to the epicenter were automatically shut down following the earthquake, which cut the main power to the cooling systems. Normally backup generators would start to maintain the cooling process, however flooding caused by the earthquake damaged those generators. The Fukushimi Daiichi plant suffered the worst damage and without the backup generators the cooling systems failed in three reactors. Subsequently leading to overheating and a partial meltdown of the fuel rods. The following days after the earthquake, radiation levels began to rise in the surrounding areas, the severity level of the nuclear emergency was raised to the highest level on the International Atomic Energy Agency. Placing the Fukishima accident on the same level as the Chernobyl accident (Japan, 2015). From the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website there is a document which outlines the four phases of emergency management. Through this four phase plan I will analyze and discuss the Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011. I will define any specific deficits I find from each phase and propose possible strategies to overcome any of the challenges

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