UAV Videos of Damaged Sites
UAV Videos of Damaged Sites
The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Report
1. Earthquake Mj6.5 earthquake event hit Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, at 21:26, April 14th (local time: GMT+09), 2016. Second Mj7.3 earthquake event hit Kumamoto and Oita prefectures at 01:46, April 16th (local time: GMT+09). The epicenters were estimated in about 10km distance, and the hypocenter depths were 11km and 12km, respectively [1,2]. Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) […]
GSJ Event Page
Event Page: https://www.gsj.jp/hazards/earthquake/kumamoto2016/index.html (Japanese; can be translated to English using Google Translate extension in web browser) A simplified English translation of the Event Page is available here: 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes and related information
Population’s perception of the 2015 Illapel’s earthquake
Personally, I (Ericson) was in Chile when the earthquake and the aftershocks struck, I was in Santiago on a second floor of a residential house. The house’s structure is based on confined masonry for the first floor and wood for the second one. Despite its magnitude, the Illapel’s earthquake felt different than what I was used […]
A Simple Evaluation Method of Seismic Resistance of Residential House under Two Consecutive Severe Ground Motions with Intensity 7
In the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake in Japan, two severe ground shakings with the seismic intensity 7 (the highest level in Japan Meteorological Agency scale; approximately X–XII in Mercalli scale) occurred consecutively on April 14 and 16. In the seismic regulations of most countries, it is usually prescribed that such severe earthquake ground motion occurs once […]
EERI Resources from 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake
Many of the resources produced may be of interest to those investigating the 2015 Illapel, Chile earthquake and are listed below: Earthquake Spectra Vol. 28, No. S1: 2010 Maule, Chile, Earthquake Special Issue Virtual Clearinghouse Website for the 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake EERI Newsletter Insert Summary Reconnaissance Report from 2010 Maule, Chile earthquake Published Reports […]
External Data Archives
Kumamoto Earthquake, Disaster Information Laboratory, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (Japanese; can be translated to English using Google Translate extension in web browser) Japan Meteorological Agency Data Archive for the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake (Japanese; can be translated to English using Google Translate extension in web browser) Architectural Institute of Japan: Disaster Committee Webpage […]
EERI’s Resources for Japan
EERI Learning from Eathquakes Reconnaissance Archive. LFE resources for Japan can be found by typing “Japan” in the search field in this LFE Archive. 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Clearinghouse World Housing Report for Wooden House in Japan
News Articles
Business Interruption Video from Kunamoto Earthquake showing Damage to Sony Camera Plant H-Japan: Japanese mapping project tracks the last moments of the victims of 2011 tsunami WSJ: Japan Earthquakes Rattle Toyota’s Vulnerable Supply Chain Reuters: Sony says Nagasaki, not suspended Kumamoto plant, makes smartphone sensors Fortune: Japan Quakes Close Sony Factory Making Key iPhone Part US News: Japan’s Twin […]
USGS Event Page
April 15, 2016 M7.0: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005iis#executive April 14, 2016 M6.2: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005hzn#executive