GEO-EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RECONNAISSANCE
Turning Disaster into Knowledge
Geoengineering and Seismological Aspects of
the Iwate Miyagi-Nairiku, Japan
Earthquake of June 14, 2008 (17 MB)
Version 1.1, September 12
Google Earth .kmz files here (USGS site, most up-to-date, check firewall if problems)
Google Earth .kmz files here (GEER site)
Robert Kayen, Brady Cox, Jorgen Johansson, Clint Steele, Paul Somerville,
Kazuo Kongai, Yu Zhao, Hajime Tanaka
September 2008
SPONSOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through the GeoEnvironmental Engineering and GeoHazards Mitigation Program under Grant No. CMMI-0323914. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. The GEER Association is made possible by the vision and support of the NSF Geoenvironmental Engineering and GeoHazards Mitigation Program Directors: Dr. Richard Fragaszy and the late Dr. Cliff Astill. GEER members also donate their time, talent, and resources to collect time-sensitive field observations of the effects of earthquakes. The GEER Association web site, which contains additional information, may be found at:
http://research.eerc.berkeley.edu/projects/GEER.