my earth science project

1. 2004 V.S. 2011 By; Lyra and Becca

2. when? where? 2004 December 26, 2004 SE Asia, Sumatra Indian Ocean 2011 March 11, 2011 NE Japan Pacific Ocean

3. Cause 2004 Earthquake Magnitude, anywhere from 9.0- 9.3 No warning 2011 Earthquake Magnitude, 8.9-9.0 Warning thanks to DART

4. Tsunami height and speed 2004 30 kilometers deep 500 miles per hour Traveled 800 miles 2011 30 feet high 550 miles an hour Traveled 3,500 miles

5. Deaths 2004 1,84,168 confirmed dead 2011 12,009 people are confirmed dead so far

6. Missing 2004 45,752 were missing 2011 15,472 are missing

7. Damage cost/ devastation 2004 $10 billion One of the worst of all time 2011 Estimated damage $190 billion-$298 billion “Worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.”

8. faults/plates 2004 Strike slip Indian Plate Burmese Microplate. 2011 Strike slip Subduction Okhotsk Plate Amur plate

9. Amount of movement 2004 Shifted the earth 2011 Shifted continent 2.4 meters

10. Before

11. After

12. Right before wave

13. During wave

14. work cited 2004 The movie from class http://asc-india.org/lib/20041226-sumatra.htm http://www.rms.com/publications/indianoceantsunamireport.pdf 2011 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/03/us-japan-quake-factbox-idUSTRE7300HH20110403?pageNumber=1 http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/earthquakes/honshuFAQs.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fast-facts-japan http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703327404576194831527140212.html

15. 2004 2011