SPECIFIED PROBLEMS ON WINTER EARTHQUAKE DISASTERS ATSNOWY COLD REGION IN JAPAN

摘要

Problems on winter earthquake disasters at snowy cold region in Japan are discussed in this paper.Northwestern part of Japan has much snowfall in winter and an occurrence of earthquake under thecondition of much snow is anticipated with high probabilities. It might cause serious problems in anemergency response due to heavy snow and cold temperature. In this paper, past earthquake disasters inJapan under the snow conditions are surveyed through literatures. Then countermeasures to be consideredare discussed referring present situation.