Crustal stress changes and characteristics of damage to geo-engineeringn structures induced by the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011

摘要

T he Great 2011 Earthquake of East Japan, with a moment magnitude of 9.0, occurred off the shore of the Tohoku Region of Japan. Although seismologists anticipated an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 in the source area, the magnitude of this earthquake was much greater than anticipated. Furthermore, the level of the tsunami induced by this earthquake also exceeded expectations. Therefore, damage caused by the tsunami was tremendous and more than 18,000 people perished due to insufficient counte