When the devastating magnitude-9.0 Tohoku earthquake struck Japan,it was the country’s earthquake information systems that sent out an alert via TV, radio, the Internet and cell phones.NOTE: Earthquakes pose significant risk to 75 million Americans in 39 states. In 2011 and 2012 significant seis...
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The design techniques used for earthquake-resistant buildings have developed from relatively simple formulae used in the early part of the twentieth century to the complex and sophisticated codes that are in use today. In Japan earthquake-resistant buildings had been designed and constructed by the ...
Electricity prices in Japan surged this weekend after a major earthquake off the coast of the Fukushima Prefecture forced operators to shut down almost 8 GW of thermal power generation capacity – just weeks ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Nonetheless, sources speak...
Japan Display, which operates a factory that produces LCD displays for automobiles in Kawakita Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, reported that “No employees suffered injuries.” They added, "Today was a scheduled day of operation suspension, and the production equipment remains unaffected." Kawakita Town ex...
Japan cabinet office (2011). Japan’s disaster mitigation system is depicted schematically inFigure 2as consisting of three layers:seismology, civil engineering, and disaster mitigation planning. This clearly shows the pitfalls. Enormous efforts are made to mitigatedisasters, but all of these efforts ...
The Ethiopian rift which is part of East African Rift system passes through the middle of the country making it one of the most seismically active regions in the world. Thus, significant and damaging earthquakes have been reported and recorded in the past in this region. A homogeneous earthquake...
Investigation of destructive power indices of strong motion using building damage data and strong motions recorded in the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu, Japan, earthquake. http://yukiko.eng.niigata-u.ac.jp/papers/2006ncee.pdf Nakamura Y, Saita J (2007) UeEDAS, the earthquake warning system: today and...
The distribution in downtown Tokyo by construction material is as follows: steel-reinforced concrete 43%, steel 28%, reinforced concrete 24%, wood 5%. Steel-framed systems in high-rise buildings in Japan are gradually becoming more and more common. The reason for this is that their endurance ...
Today, Machi-Communication is a well-established non-profit organization that continues to contribute to not only meeting immediate recovery needs for communities affected by disasters in Japan, but also building local knowledge, enhancing community resilience, and sharing knowledge and expertise for ...