NYU GPH Journal of Public Health Disasters
A student-led journal driven by the latest research in public health disaster preparedness and management.
The Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami are among the largest natural disasters in written history. In a mitigation brief, Swatabde Hawlader analyzed the disaster recovery and reconstruction process following the March 11, 2011 event.
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Known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, a magnitude 9.0 – 9.1 earthquake off the coast of Honshu, Japan produced a deadly tsunami on March 11, 2011. The earthquake is currently the strongest in Japan’s recorded history. Not only was the event destructive but many mitigation strategies implemented by the Japanese Government prior to the disaster failed when the tsunami made landfall.
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An earthquake off the coast of Japan produced a fatal tsunami that made landfall on March 11, 2011. Known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, the 9.0 – 9.1 magnitude quake produced a natural disaster that took 20,000 people’s lives. The tsunami devastated homes and infrastructure, causing an ensuing accident at a power plant.
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The previously dormant Montserrat Volcano located in the Soufrière Hills on the Caribbean island of Montserrat erupted in 1995. The explosion released ash for months, changing the island’s landscape. Nineteen lives were lost in the disaster, and communities in the vicinity of the volcanic eruption were forced to evacuate. The tragedy also laid bare existing economic and social issues in the region.
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