Christopher Prudencio

Professor Kemble
Geography 001
20 November 2016
Tsunami In Nagoya (Local)

This map shows the local scale of the tsunami that happened in Nagoya, Japan. Tsunamis occur
when movement under water occur like earthquakes, an underwater landslide, and volcanic
eruption. If one of those movements happens undersea it creates huge waves which are known as
a tsunami. In the map above it shows the color schemes of how many deaths there are due to
tsunamis. Nagoya was red and one thousand plus passed away due to these natural disasters that
have occurred.

Tsunami in Philippines (Regional scale)

In the map it shows the tsunamis that occurred in the Philippines. Compared to Japan it was not
as bad when it comes to casualties. But because its still purple within the country there are still
people who pass away during these tsunami events. Due to the fact that these are small islands
in the east of the world it is harder to find solutions because of disasters that happen all the time.
When it comes to solutions for tsunamis people would always have an evacuation plan and be
able to have homes on higher ground.

Tsunami in Japan and Philippines (Global Region)

Looking at the map above it shows the Philippines and Japan going through tsunamis which
make the two have the most casualties in a drastic event like this. Because Japan is the country
that has the most dealings with natural disasters like these it becomes very known to them. But
because of these casualties this map shows that they have not found any solutions. According to
Ryan Nelson he says that there should be a plan at least when it comes to evacuation, people
watching if there will be a tsunami coming, and to make homes in higher ground.

Work Cited
"Applying Geoscience to Australia's Most Important Challenges." What Causes Tsunamis? -

Geoscience Australia. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2016.

Nelson, Ryan. "Disaster Archipelago: Japan." Disaster Archipelago Japan. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov.
2016.