Information on the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake（East Japan Great Earthquake Disaster）

(1) Message from the President


(2) Earthquake News “On Gigantic Tohoku Pacific Earthquake in Japan” : I. Towhata, H. Goto, M. Kazama, T. Kiyota, S. Nakamura, K. Wakamatsu, A. Wakai, S. Yasuda, and N. Yoshida (ISSMGE vol 5 issue 2 April, pp.46-66)


(3) Geotechnical damage caused by the recent gigantic earthquake in Japan : Ikuo Towhata (Presentation at 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING FOR DISASTER MITIGATION AND REHABILITATION (GEDMAR) in Semarang, Indonesia, 17 May 2011)


(4) The 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake – After two months : Motoki Kazama, (Presentation at 14th Asia Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Ebgineering, 24 May 2011)


(5) Other research institutes and government-related information


(6) We have published “Geo-hazards During Earthquakes and Mitigation Measures-Lessons and Recommendations from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake-”.  You can download this publication. 

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