By James Goltz, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
A report to EERI supplemented with additional field notes and 37 photos from April 29-May 1, 2016 reconnaissance.
This report is based on a review of English language news media articles, reports available on the web pages of the Japan Meteorological Agency and the United States Geological Survey, and field reconnaissance conducted in several areas of significant earthquake damage between April 29th and May 1st 2016. The field reconnaissance included observation of damage in cities and towns within Kumamoto Prefecture including Kumamoto City, Mashiki, Nishihara and Mifune. The town of Minami-Aso, also severely impacted by the April earthquakes was not accessible due to road closures during our field reconnaissance. Members of our team included Dr. Tomohide Atsumi of Osaka University, several of his graduate students and me.
Read the report: The Kyushu Japan Earthquake Sequence of April 2016.
