It is extremely important to quickly assess the damage immediately after an earthquake for providing suitable disaster response. We has constructed prototype of a real-ti [...]

One of the causes of enormous damages of the 2011 megathrust Tohoku earthquake (M 9.0) was the underestimation of the first tsunami warning, which was issued three minute [...]

This paper proposes a method to have a whole picture of earthquake damage rapidly and accurately as a post-earthquake damage assessment. In Japan, strong ground motion ob [...]

We are developing a new algorithm for a real-time tsunami inundation forecast using the Seafloor Observation Network for Earthquakes and Tsunamis (S-net), which is now be [...]

Using the teleseismic body waves recorded by Hi-net array, the rupture image of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake is studied by the back-projecting method. Our results show th [...]

In this study, direct shear type bond test is conducted to examine the anchor behavior of CFRP plate to concrete. CFRP plate is bonded to concrete and anchored by five ty [...]