The death number, as of March 17, is about 5,300 and over 8,000 are still missing. Most people believe the death toll will rise over 10,000
As of 03/18/11 the death toll was confirmed by police at 7,348
There are currently over 80,000 missing persons in Japan, with many cases related to natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. The Japanese government continues to work on efforts to locate and identify these missing individuals.
The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan resulted in approximately 15,900 deaths, with thousands more injured or missing. It was one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Japan, causing widespread devastation and leading to a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
The death toll from the March 11, 2011 Sendai earthquakes and tsunami continued to climb weeks after the initial destruction due to the amount of damage.The major earthquake and tsunami caused so much damage and confusion (not to mention the many aftershocks) that it's impossible to separate how many people were killed in the earthquakes as opposed to the tsunami. Likewise, many people died later from injuries suffered in this disaster.The National Police Agency of Japan reported that as of March 2013 a total of 15,882 deaths, 6,142 injured, and2,668 people still missing. This surpasses the death toll for the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.The largest number of deaths was in the Miyagi, Iwate, and Fukushima districts. Over 92% of reported deaths were due to drowning.
How many people died in natural disasters in 20th century? How many people died in secend word war?
There are so many earthquakes in Japan because the country is in what is called the Pacific Ring of Fire which is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant. Another reason why Japan has so many earquakes is because there are so many different tectonic plates (layers of the earth's crust) underneath it and each plate keeps rubbing with the other plates. Earthquakes cause a bit of damage but not a lot in Japan, this is because they have happened lots of times so people in Japan have managed create buildings that probabley won't get destroyed by an earthquake. Japan also has an Earthquake and tsunami warnings which are basically alarms so they knew when an earthquake was happening. most houses in Japan are made out of cheap, light materials so they won't kill people who are inside.
Because Japan is right next to the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire is a plate around the Pacific Ocean that has many earthquakes on it's border line.
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There are currently over 80,000 missing persons in Japan, with many cases related to natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. The Japanese government continues to work on efforts to locate and identify these missing individuals.
About 10000 people died after the earthquake.
Yes, Japan is an earthquake-prone spot. Japan is more likely to have earthquakes than many other countries.
There were a number of earthquakes in Japan in 2012 ranging in magnitudes up to 7.3, but no deaths were reported. World-wide a total of 768 deaths from earthquakes in 2012 were recorded by the USGS Earthquake National Center and none of those from Japan. The last major earthquake from Japan was the magnitude 9.0 quake on March 11, 2011 that killed over 15,000 people in junction with the tsunami that it triggered.
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Earthquakes are not only in Japan - they happen all over the world. In the last two years there have been notable earthquakes in Japan, China, New Zealand and many other places around the world.
There are many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Japan. ----
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20,000-25,000 people died with over 10,000 people still missing.