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THE JAPAN EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI BY CHRIS AND JACK

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2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

Transcript of BY CHRIS AND JACK. The earthquake that occurred off the coast of Japan was a 8.9. It killed 9,811...

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THE JAPAN EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI

BY CHRIS AND JACK

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THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI

The earthquake that occurred off the coast of Japan was a 8.9. It killed 9,811 injured 2,779 and 17,541 people missing.

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PICTURES

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

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MORE PICTURES

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HOW EARTHQUAKES OCCUR

There are three kinds of boundary's transform , convergent, and divergent. A earthquake occurs in three types of transform boundaries normal ,reverses ,and fault.

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THE TSUNAMI

The tsunami was 33ft tall. The tsunami did more

damage than the earthquake.

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HOW DO TSUNAMIS FORM?

Tsunamis form when an underwater earthquake

occurs. Like if you clapped your hands underwater.

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THE NUCLEAR CRISIS

When the water got to the nuclear plant it damaged the reactors and the nuclear fusion started heating up.