Abstract
The 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake which occurred on March 11, caused serious damage to the infrastructural facilities in Tohoku and Kanto districts dueto the strong motion of the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami. This paper includes a brief outline of the earthquake, the earthquake damage to various facilities, and themain geotechnical engineering problems which have emerged after this disaster.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 49-56 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Geotechnical Engineering |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 Jun 1 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology