Kobe 1995 Study: DPRI-Akamatsu-Morikawa

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Earthquake

Japan 1995

Kobe

Study

DPRI-Akamatsu-Morikawa

authors

Akamatsu, Junpei, Hitoshi Morikawa, Hideo Saitou, and Mituru Jidou

Date

1995

Damage Scale

From DPRI report

Notes

This is a damage survey for every buildings and houses in the width of two blocks along the observation line for microtremors.

Locations are found by using Google Earth, visually defined against the figure provided in the report (see source), accuracy with high degree of confidence

id	Damage Levels
172	D0 + D1	"no damage" or "slight"
173	D2	"light"
174	D3	"moderate"
175	D4 + D5	"heavy" or "collapse"
176	Burned Down
177	?	buildings and houses that cannot be inspected, because the approach was blocked by the collapsed houses; therefore the buildings and houses counted as "?" might suffer the "heavy" or greater damages

id	Building Classes
128	Steel
129	RC	includes the steel reinforced concrete structure
130	Wooden
131	Others
132	?	buildings and houses that cannot be inspected, because the approach was blocked by the collapsed houses; therefore the buildings and houses counted as "?" might suffer the "heavy" or greater damages

Sources
A Relation between distribution of damages caused the 1995 southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake and ground vibrational characteristics inferred from microtermors	Akamatsu, Junpei, Hitoshi Morikawa, Hideo Saitou, and Mituru Jidou

Map Overlays

Study locations

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Study Locations

Higashi Nada Area No.1

Higashi Nada Area No.2

Higashi Nada Area No.3

Higashi Nada Area No.4

Higashi Nada Area No.5

Higashi Nada Area No.6

Higashi Nada Area No.7

Higashi Nada Area No.8

Higashi Nada Area No.9

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