Title:
Reconnaissance survey on geotechnical damage caused by February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaraş Earthquake, Türkiye

Authour:
Seda SENDIR TORISU¹, Tetsuo TOBITA², Takashi KIYOTA³, Ozer CINICIOGLU⁴, Gokce TONUK⁵, Nikolay MILEV⁶, Juan BRIONES⁷, and Othron BRIONES⁷

¹ Member of JSCE, Civil Engineer, Nuclear Facilities Division, Obayashi Corporation
² Member of JSCE, Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Systems Engineering, Kansai University
³ Member of JSCE, Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
⁴ Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Bogazici University
⁵ Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, MEF University
⁶ Chief Assistant Professor, Faculty of Transportation Eng., Geotechnics, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy
⁷ Engineer, Geofizika EIG Ltd.

Key Facts

• Hazard Type: Earthquake
• Date of the disaster: February 6th, 2023
• Location of the survey: Islahiye, Tepehan, Iskenderun, Antakya, Golbasi, Kahramanmaras
• Date of the field survey: March 29th – April 2nd 2023
• Survey tools: Drone, Digital camera, GPS, Laser rangefinder, Microtremor

Key findings: landslides, liquefaction, inundation, settlement, embankment failure

Key Words: Kahramanmaras Earthquake, geotechnical damage, liquefaction, lateral spread, landslide, inundation, settlement

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Title:
Road pavement cracks in Toge District, Monzen Town, Wajima City, in the January 1st, 2024, Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Japan

Authour:
Kazuo KONAGAI¹, Atsutoshi ONO², Takashi TAKANAKA³, Tomonori OKI⁴, and Kiyoharu HIROTA⁵

¹ Professor Emeritus, Inst., Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
² Research and Survey Department, Nakanihon Air Co., Ltd.
³ Tokyo Branch, Research and Survey Department, Nakanihon Air Co., Ltd.
⁴ Niigata Branch, Research and Survey Department, Nakanihon Air Co., Ltd.
⁵ Researcher, Secretariat, International Consortium on Landslides

Key Facts

• Hazard Type: Road pavement cracks
• Date of the disaster: January 1st, 2024
• Location of the survey: Monzen, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture
• Date of the field survey: March 4th and 21st, 2024
• Survey tools: GPS

Key findings:

Strains produced in the ground are transmitted to road pavement, resulting in pavement cracks. The pattern of the quake-induced cracks observed in Toge District, Monzen Town of Wajima City, resembles that observed in the 2007 Noto Peninsula Earthquake.

Key Words: pavement crack, January 1st, 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake,

Paper: PDF 1,679KB

Title:
Geotechnical Preliminary Report of The Mj 7.3 Fukushima Earthquake on March 16, 2022

Authour:
Masataka SHIGA¹, Kwok-Kwan LAU², Pei-chen HSIEH³, and Takashi KIYOTA⁴

¹ Member of JSCE, Assistant Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
² Ph.D. student, Dept. of Civil Eng., Graduate School of Eng., The University of Tokyo
³ Member of JSCE, Ph.D. student, Dept. of Civil Eng., Graduate School of Eng., The University of Tokyo
⁴ Member of JSCE, Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Key Facts

• Hazard Type: Earthquake
• Date of the disaster: March 16th, 2022
• Location of the survey: Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture
• Date of the field survey: March 21st and 22nd, 2022
• Survey tools: Photos, videos, UAV, and LiDAR

Key findings:

1.  Cracking, ground settlement, and ground deformation were observed in the roads, bridge approaches, and embankments in Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture
2.  The landslides in Date Dam, Unoomisaki Tunnel portal area, and Tarumizu Dam could be associated with the strong ground motion of this earthquake event.
3.  Liquefaction was also identified in Soma Port of Fukushima Prefecture.

Key Words: The 2022 Earthquake off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Ground Damage, Slope Failure, Liquefaction

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Title:
Widespread ground deformation over the Palu Basin caused by the 2018 Sulawesi, Indonesia Earthquake

Authour:
Kazuo KONAGAI¹, Ryoichi FURUTA², Takashi KIYOTA³

¹Fellow of JSCE, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
² Member of JSCE, Group Leader, Social Infrastructure Group, Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
³Member of JSCE, Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo

Key Facts

• Hazard Type: Earthquake
• Date of disaster: Sept. 28th, 2018
• Location of Survey: Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
• Date of the field survey: Not Applicable
• Survey tools: Digital Terrain Models, InSAR

Key findings:

1. Pre and Post-earthquake Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) covering Palu Basin suggested that the entire stretch of the basin, mainly west of the irrigation canal, seemed to have deformed, not to mention the large flow slide sites.
2. Line-of-sight (LOS) deformations over the Palu Basin obtained from ALOS 2/PALSAR 2 at two different days after the earthquake (October 12, 2018, and January 4, 2019) showed that the flat land has slowly and steadily been deforming over the three months.

Key Words: 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake, long-lasting ground displacement buildup, lateral slides

Paper: PDF 1,900KB

Title:
RECONNAISSANCE REPORT ON THE EARTHQUAKE IN OSAKA-FU HOKUBU ON JUNE 18, 2018

Authour:
Junji KIYONO¹, Yoshikazu TAKAHASHI², Tetsuo TOBITA³, Yasuko KUWATA⁴, Hiroyuki GOTO⁵ and  Yoshihiro OKUMURA⁶

¹Member of JSCE, Professor, Dept. of Urban Management, Grad. School of Eng., Kyoto University
²Member of JSCE, Professor, Dept. of Civil and Earth Resources Eng., Grad. School of Eng., Kyoto University
³Member of JSCE, Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Urb. Eng., Grad. School of Sci. and Eng., Kansai University 
⁴Member of JSCE, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Civil Eng., Grad. School of Eng., Kobe University
⁵Member of JSCE, Assoc. Professor, Research Division of Earthquake Disaster, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
⁶Member of JSCE, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Safety Management., Grad. School of Societal Safety Science, Kansai University

Key Facts
・Hazard Type: Earthquake
・Date of the disaster: 18 June 2018
・Location of the survey: Takatsuki City, Ibaraki City, Suita City, Osaka City
・Date of the field survey: June 2018
・Survey tools: Digital camera, GPS, Laser Rangefinder, Tape measure

Key findings:
1) Strong shaking of JMA seismic intensity 6− was observed, however, there was not destructive damage to buildings and infrastructures.
2) Pulse-like ground motions were recorded near the source fault, Takatsuki and Ibaraki cities.
3) Damage due to liquefaction was minor as observed in both the field investigation and numerical analysis with the recorded motion.
4) This earthquake was a moderate earthquake, but the supply of water and gas was stopped over a wide range.
5) Osaka monorail required time to completely recover because of failure of the monorail switches to move the complicated monorail lines.
6) Three people were killed by falling furniture or objects, and two people by collapse of block walls.

Key Words: earthquake in Osaka–fu Hokubu on 18 June 2018, reconnaissance report, earthquake ground motion, source effect, lifeline damage, civil life

Paper: PDF 5,695KB