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Great East Japan earthquake: preliminary observations

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This document outlines the preliminary observations of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011 (GLIDE number: EQ-2011-000028-JPN) including: its type, hypocenter, magnitude; the subsequent tsunami; effects of the earthquake and tsunami in terms of human casualties and economic damage; the disaster affected area; disaster preparedness measures; pre-disaster measures, including non-structural measures; and recovery efforts.

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Hazards Earthquake Tsunami
Themes Disaster risk management Economics of DRR Governance Traditional and Indigenous knowledges Data and information management Recovery
Country and region Japan
Number of pages
18 p.
Publication year
2011

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