2004 vs 2011

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