2004 vs 2011
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2004 V.S. 2011
By; Lyra and Becca
when? where?
2004
• December 26, 2004
• SE Asia, Sumatra
• Indian Ocean
2011
• March 11, 2011
• NE Japan
• Pacific Ocean
Cause
2004
• Earthquake
• Magnitude, anywhere from 9.0- 9.3
• No warning
2011
• Earthquake
• Magnitude, 8.9-9.0
• Warning thanks to DART
Tsunami height and speed
2004
• 30 kilometers deep
• 500 miles per hour
• Traveled 800 miles
2011
• 30 feet high
• 550 miles an hour
• Traveled 3,500 miles
Deaths
2004
• 1,84,168 confirmed dead
2011
• 12,009 people are confirmed dead so far
Missing
2004
• 45,752 were missing
2011
• 15,472 are missing
Damage cost/ devastation
2004
• $10 billion
• One of the worst of all time
2011
• Estimated damage $190 billion-$298 billion
• “Worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.”
faults/plates
2004
• Strike slip
• Indian Plate
• Burmese Microplate.
2011
• Strike slip
• Subduction
• Okhotsk Plate
• Amur plate
Amount of movement
2004
• Shifted the earth
2011
• Shifted continent 2.4 meters
Before
After
Right before wave
During wave
work cited
2004
• The movie from class
• http://asc-india.org/lib/20041226-sumatra.htm
• http://www.rms.com/publications/indianoceantsunamireport.pdf
2011• http://www.reuters.com/article/2
011/04/03/us-japan-quake-factbox-idUSTRE7300HH20110403?pageNumber=1
• http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/earthquakes/honshuFAQs.html
• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fast-facts-japan
• http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703327404576194831527140212.html
2004 2011