Earthquake countermeasures document No.283-2014 Earthquake Disaster Prevention Guidebook BeBe PreparedPrepared Operating Closed Mondays, end-of-year holidays hours 9:00~16:00 (Dec. 28 – Jan. 4) Shizuoka Prefecture 5-9-1 Komagatadori, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka, 420-0042 Earthquake Disaster TEL. 054−251−7100 FAX. 054−251−7300 Prevention Center * Take care to enter the correct number. 備蓄食 2014.12 Unauthorized copying is prohibited. Printed using recycled paper. 備蓄食 Shizuoka Prefecture ガイドブック E.indd 1 15/01/14 16:36 Table of Contents 1 Learning from other earthquakes [Knowledge Section] 1) Previous Destructive Earthquakes Many earthquakes occur in Japan and its surrounding seas. 1. Learning from other earthquakes ............................................................................................ Great East Japan 1) Previous Destructive Earthquakes 1 Tsunami damage Great Kanto Earthquake Fire outbreak Earthquake ...................................................................................... 2) Magnitude (M) and Seismic Intensity 2 Dead: 15,885, missing: 2,632, 1923.9.1 M7.9 Dead and missing: 105,385. 2011.3.11 Mw9.0 injured: 6,148. (Current as of April 10, 2014) ............................................................... The damage caused by the earthquake was magnified by multiple fires that broke 2. Large-Scale Earthquake Prediction 3 The Great East Japan Earthquake was an inter-plate earthquake, like the out afterwards. Disaster was widespread, with over 370,000 households fully or Tokai earthquake expected to occur in the near future would be. At partially destroyed, burned, or washed away. A tsunami also struck Sagami Bay, 1) The Tokai Earthquake Theory .................................................................................................. 3 Mw9.0, it was the largest earthquake recorded in Japanese history. The with wave heights of 12m hitting Atami. earthquake resulted in a large-scale tsunami, which led to massive ................................................................................... damage. Damage was also caused by large-scale liquefaction and 2) Tension is Accumulating in the Ground 3 subsidence. ............................................................................................... 3) Reoccurring Large Earthquakes 4 Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake Urban & housing 3. Damage Assumptions for Large-scale Earthquake ...................... 5.6 (Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake) destruction 1995.1.17 M7.3 Dead: 6,434, missing: 3, ............................... injured: 43,792. 4. Tokai Earthquake Early Prediction and Warning 7 Hokkaido Toho-Oki Caused by movement of a fault directly beneath the metropolitan area (a Earthquake ............................................................................................................. near-field earthquake), this earthquake struck Awajishima, Kobe City, 1) Earthquake Prediction 7 Nishinomiya City and Takarazuka City with a seismic intensity of 7 on the 1994, M8.2 Japanese scale. The earthquake occurred early in the morning, when 2) Societal Conditions .................................................................................................................. 7 most people were still asleep. As a result, many people were killed by Earthquake off the collapsing buildings and toppled furniture. Massive damage was also Southwest coast of Hokkaido caused by issues such as collapsing overpasses on the expressway and 1993, M7.8 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake 3) What should you do? .............................................................................................................. 7 crumbling railway structures and concrete buildings. 1952, M8.2 ................................................. Tokachi-Oki Earthquake 5. What if an earthquake occurs suddenly? 8 Fukui Earthquake Housing destruction Central Sea of 2003, M8.0 Japan Earthquake Tokachi-Oki Earthquake .................................................................................... 1948.6.28 M7.1 Dead: 3,769, injured: 22,203. 1983, M7.7 1968, M7.9 6. Early Earthquake Warning 9 Akita Senboku Earthquake The Fukui earthquake centered on the Fukui Plain and nearby regions. 1914, M7.1 Building damage (collapsed: 36,184, partially destroyed: 11,816, Oga Earthquake Sanriku Earthquake and Tsunami 1) Earthquake Early Warnings ...................................................................................................... 1939, M6.8 Iwate-Miyagi 1933, M8.1 9 destroyed by fire: 3,851 buildings) and infrastructural damage was Nairiku Earthquake widespread. Many villages were completely destroyed. 2008, M7.2 2) What to do if an Early Earthquake Warning is released ........................................................... Niigata Earthquake 9 1964, M7.5 Northern Miyagi Prefecture Earthquake 2003, M6.4 ............................................................................ 10 Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake Great East Japan Earthquake 2011, Mw9.0 7. Emergency Supplies/Rations 2007, M6.8 Miyagi Prefecture Earthquake 1978, M7.4 Noto Hanto Earthquake 2007, M6.9 1) Emergency Supplies Checklist (examples) ............................................................................. 10 Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Earthquake 2004, M6.8 Tajima Earthquake 1925, M6.8 Otaki Earthquake Imaichi Earthquake Fukui Earthquake 1949, M6.4 1984, M6.8 2) Emergency Rations Checklist (examples) ............................................................................... 10 Kitatango Earthquake 1927, M7.3 1948, M7.1 Tottori Earthquake 1943, M7.2 Nishi-Saitama Earthquake 1931, M6.9 Anegawa Earthquake .................................................................................... 11 Western Tottori Prefecture Earthquake 1909, M6.8 8. Fire Prevention Measures 2000, M7.3 Taisho Kanto Earthquake 1923, M7.9 Fukuoka Seiho-Oki Earthquake Mikawa ........................ 2005, M7.0 Southern Hyogo Earthquake North Izu Earthquake 9. Participate in Local Disaster Prevention Activities 11 Prefecture Earthquake 1945, M6.8 1930, M7.3 Geiyo Earthquake 1995, M7.3 2001, M6.7 ............................................... Tonankai Earthquake 10. Local Disaster Prevention Organizations 11 1944, M7.9 Ebino Earthquake 1) Activities Carried out Regularly/During Disaster ................................................................... 11 1968, M6.1 Nankai Earthquake 1946, M8.0 Niigata Earthquake Liquefaction damage [Appendix] 1964.6.16 M7.5 Dead: 26, injured: 447. Damage centered on Niigata, Yamagata and Akita, with 8,600 homes fully or partially destroyed, and 15,297 homes flooded. Gushing sand and water Appendix 1 If an earthquake occurs, what are your home’s If an earthquake Kikai Island Earthquake caused soil liquefaction that led to collapsing buildings and bridges and ......................................................................... 1911, M8.0 other damage. Oil storage tank fires also broke out, and were not occurs, what are your home’s 12 .13 extinguished until July 1. (Household edition) Niigata Prefecture Semi-mountainous area Concrete-block Chuetsu Earthquake Miyagiken oki Earthquake wall damage 2004.10.23 M6.8 Dead: 68, injured: 4,805. 1978.6.12 M7.4 Dead: 28, injured: 1,325. A near field earthquake that occurred in a semi-mountainous area, with a Damage centered on Miyagi Prefecture, with residential areas significantly seismic intensity of 7 on the Japanese scale recorded in the former affected. 18 of those killed and a large number of injuries were caused by Kawaguchimachi area of Nagaoka City. Damage was widespread, with crumbling concrete-block walls, gate posts and other such structures. mountainous and road landslides occurring throughout the region. The Widespread disruption from electricity, gas, water and other infrastructural isolated former village of Yamakoshi Village was forced to evacuate entirely. damage in Sendai City also occurred. 1 ガイドブック E.indd 2-1 15/01/14 16:36 Table of Contents 1 Learning from other earthquakes [Knowledge Section] 1) Previous Destructive Earthquakes Many earthquakes occur in Japan and its surrounding seas. 1. Learning from other earthquakes ............................................................................................ Great East Japan 1) Previous Destructive Earthquakes 1 Tsunami damage Great Kanto Earthquake Fire outbreak Earthquake ...................................................................................... 2) Magnitude (M) and Seismic Intensity 2 Dead: 15,885, missing: 2,632, 1923.9.1 M7.9 Dead and missing: 105,385. 2011.3.11 Mw9.0 injured: 6,148. (Current as of April 10, 2014) ............................................................... The damage caused by the earthquake was magnified by multiple fires that broke 2. Large-Scale Earthquake Prediction 3 The Great East Japan Earthquake was an inter-plate earthquake, like the out afterwards. Disaster was widespread, with over 370,000 households fully or Tokai earthquake expected to occur in the near future would be. At partially destroyed, burned, or washed away. A tsunami also struck Sagami Bay, 1) The Tokai Earthquake Theory .................................................................................................. 3 Mw9.0, it was the largest earthquake recorded in Japanese history. The with wave heights of 12m hitting Atami. earthquake resulted in a large-scale tsunami, which led to massive ................................................................................... damage. Damage was also caused by large-scale liquefaction and 2) Tension is