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Large earthquake happened in Sendai Aria in Japan at 8:43am on June 14.
It is named Iwate, Miyagi Nairiku (means inland) Earthquake
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Intensity 1
Intensity 7
Epicenter
10 persons died and about 230 people injured (as of 1:02pm on June 16).
N-S direction
E-W direction
U-D direction
Maximum acceleration & velocity time histories recorded at the site close to epicenter
Notice the max acceleration in U-D direction. It is about 4g!
Records at all of stations are available on http://www.k-net.bosai.go.jp/.
Collapsed Bridge
Landslide
Landslide made “dam”
Spa hotel suffered from landslide
Damaged load network
Collapsed old house
Reference:
- NIED Kyoshin network, Japan; http://www.k-net.bosai.go.jp/
- Special articles, Iwate, Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake, Sankei News, Japan;
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/topics/affairs/8261/afr8261-t.htm