Title:
Preliminary Report of the Damage by the 2021 Off Fukushima Prefecture Earthquake Mj7.3, Japan

Authour:
Kazuma INOUE¹, Takashi KIYOTA², Masataka SHIGA³, Ji Dang⁴ and Xin Wang⁵

¹Member of JSCE, Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Eng., National Institute of Technology, Gunma College
²Member of JSCE, Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
³Member of JSCE, Assistant Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
⁴Member of JSCE, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and EnviromentalEngineering, Saitama University
⁵Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Ashikaga University

Key Facts
・Hazard Type : Earthquake
・Date of the disaster : February 13th, 2021
・Location of the survey : Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, Japan
・Date of the field survey : February 15th and 16th, 2021
・Survey tools : Digital Camera

Key findings:
1) Minor damage due to soil liquefaction and ground deformation were found in Yamamoto Townand Soma Port.
2) Damage, such as road pavement cracks, cracks around abutment and suspected liquefication inSoma Overpass Bridge and Soma East Bridge are reported.
3) Cracks and spalling due to shear deformation in horizontal beams of the frame piers of theShinkansen viaduct near to Shiroishi Zao station were found.
4) Damage to buildings was not severe compared to the measured strong ground motions.

Key Words : Offshore the Fukushima Prefecture Earthquake, Geotechnical damage,Damage to bridges, Damage to builidings・Hazard Type: Earthquake

Paper: PDF 2,556KB

Title:
Infrastructure damage analysis of the April 22, 2019 Pampanga, Philippines earthquake

Authour:
Lessandro Estelito GARCIANO¹, Carlos VILLARAZA², Christopher P. TAMAYO³, Miriam TAMAYO⁴, Reynaldo FLORDELIZA⁵, Megan Angela QUIAEM⁶, and Joaquin Miguel RAMOS⁷

¹Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, De La Salle University
²Past President, Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines
³Past President, Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines
⁴Past President, Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines
⁵Member, Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines
⁶Undergraduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, De La Salle University
⁷Undergraduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, De La Salle University

Key Facts:
Hazard Type: Earthquake
Date of Disaster: April 22, 2019
Location of the survey: Porac, Pampanga, Philippines
Date of the field survey: April 24, 2019
Survey tools: Laser meter, Drone

Key findings:
1)Various structural and non-structural damages within the Central Luzon Region were observed. The collapse of the Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga, was the leading major aftermath of the earthquake.
2)Majority of structures suffered minimal structural damage, most damages were to non-structural components.
3)The probable fault of the earthquake is the Lubao Lineament.
4)An earthquake-induced landslide occurred in Zambales, Philippines

Key Words:
earthquake, infrastructure damage, infrastructure collapse, structural damage, non-structural damage

Paper: PDF 1,523KB

Title:
Damage investigation of 2019 the Off the Yamagata Prefecture earthquake, M_j6.7

Authour:
Yukiko KOJIMA¹, Takaaki IKEDA², Takumi MATSUMOTO³ and Atsuya MINAGAWA⁴

¹Member of JSCE, Assistant professor, Dept. of Civil engineering, National Institute of Technology, Nagaoka College
²Member of JSCE, Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology
³Graduate student, Dept. of Civil and Environmental engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology
⁴Graduate student, Dept. of Civil and Environmental engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology

Key Facts
・Hazard Type: Earthquake
・Date of the disaster: June 18th, 2019
・Location of the survey: Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture
・Date of the field survey (if any): June 20th, 2019
・Survey tools (if any): Digital camera, Map, GPS

Key findings:
1)Seismic intensity 6+ was observed in this earthquake, but there was no major damage.
2)Main damage was tile roof damage of wooden houses.
3)Damage situation of tile roof was different even in a narrow area

Key Words: Off the Yamagata Prefecture earthquake, Earthquake damage investigation, tile roof, Aerial photograph, Site amplification characteristicsKey Facts:

Paper: PDF 1,533KB

Title:
Runouts of landslide masses detached in the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake

Authour:
Kazuo KONAGAI¹, Alessandra Mayumi NAKATA²

¹Fellow of JSCE, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Japan
²Member of JSCE, Researcher, International Consortium on Landslides, Japan

Key Facts:
・Hazard Type: Earthquake
・Date of disaster: Sept. 6th, 2018
・Location of Survey: Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan
・Date of the field survey: Nov. 13th to 17th, 2018
・Survey tools: GPS receivers, UAV

Title:
Large ground deformations caused by the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake

Authour:
Kazuo KONAGAI¹, Seiji NISHIYAMA², Kanta OHISHI³, Daiki KODAMA⁴, Yuki NANNO⁵

¹Fellow of JSCE, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Japan
²Member of JSCE, Head, Urban Infra & Engineering Division, Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Ltd., Japan
³Member of JSCE, Urban Infra & Engineering Division, Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Ltd., Japan
⁴Urban Infra & Engineering Division, Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Ltd., Japan
⁵Urban Infra & Engineering Division, Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Ltd., Japan,