# japan tsunami 2024

World Bank Tokyo Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Hub » June 16, 2024 — The UR community will converge in Himeji City, Japan, a region rich in tradition, innovation, and building resilience for the 14th biannual … Worldbank.org

Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami » On 11 March 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the north-eastern coast of Japan – the strongest ever recorded in the country – triggered a tsunami up to 30 metres high that washed up to 5 kilometres inland. It resulted in massive loss of life, environmental devastation and infrastructural damage. The disaster also damaged several nuclear power plants, leading to serious risks of contamination from radioactive releases. UNEP Update, 11 April 2011 While events are still unfolding, the scale of the disaster is all too apparent: more than 13,000 people are confirmed dead and 14,600 are still missing, making this the worst disaster to hit Japan since the 1923 earthquake. With a preliminary estimated cost of USD 309 billion, it is also the most costly disaster worldwide. Post-disaster waste management Along with the unresolved situation at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant and pressing humanitarian issues linked to the large number of displaced and dispossessed, the management of the massive amounts of d Unep.org

Depth distribution of coseismic slip along the Nankai Trough, Japan, from joint inversion of geodetic and tsunami data » Coseismic slip distribution on the fault plane, particularly in the downdip direction, associated with large subduction earthquakes can be estimated by joint inversion of geodetic and tsunami data. T… Agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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