Michiya IRASAWA, Motoyuki USHIYAMA, Hiroshi KAWABE, Masaharu FUJITA, Yoshifumi SATOFUKA, DaisukeHIGAKI, Taro UCHIDA and Akihiko IKEDA
Abstract
The earthquake occurred in the Iwate Prefecture inland southern part at the
time at eight forty]three a.m. on June 14th in 2008. At magnitude 7.2, in the
focal region in Iwate Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture, the large]scale landslide
disaster generated this earthquake. As for featuring an earthquake this time,
little damage at the building occurs whereas it is in the characteristic that
there is much landslide disaster in the upland. The large]scale dirt production
phenomenon with the scale which crosses 10,000,000 m3 occurred. Also, a lot
of landslide dams emerge and the danger of the burst continues. By the purpose
to grasp the disaster actual state this time, it composed an urgent probe squad
belong with Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering sent. This report is
the one to have gathered the result.
Key wordsFTohoku district, Iwate and Miyagi Prefecture, earthquake, sediment]related
disaster, landslide dam