[日语学习]The Tōhoku earthquake日本大地震自制英语演讲PPT.pptVIP

The Tōhoku earthquake 周翌丹 We all know Japan has lots of earthquakes, because the land is on a seismic belt. Some people even say there are earthquakes in Japan every day on average. People were trained when they were young to deal with the earthquake someday. Every home have a smart seismograph which can foretell whether the earthquake will occur minutes ahead. Here are some certain statistics about some of the greattest earthquakes (magnitude over 6.6) Japan has happened. the?epicenter?a-pproximately 72?km east of the?Oshika Peninsula?of?Tō-hoku?and the?hypocent-er?at an underwater depth of approximately 32?km . Maybe we are curious about the earthquake itself, but what we really care about and afraid of is the aftershocks and some disasters the earthquake brought to Japan, or even to the whole world, such as economic loss, disease, tsunami and nuclear leakage and so on. Cause of the earthquake The earthquake triggered extremely destructive?tsunami?waves of up to 38?meters that struck Japan, in some cases traveling up to 10?km inland. In addition to loss of life and destruction of infrastructure, the?tsunami?caused a number of?nuclear accidents, of which by far the most serious was an ongoing?level 7?event and 20?km evacuation zone around the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants. Cause of the earthquake The overall cost could exceed $300 billion, making it the most expensive natural disaster on record. The Japanese?National Police Agency?has confirmed 14,416 deaths,?5,314 injured,?and 11,889 people missing across eighteen?prefectures, as well as over 125,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. Aftershocks We only can have one big earthquake, but we can have many aftershocks, which is the most terrifying one. Here are some statistics about how many aftershocks happened in Tōhoku earthquake in ONE day. Be aware of the magnitude. Nuclear Leaks This accident is the largest of the?2011 Japanese nuclear accidents?arising from the Tōhok