TY - BOOK ID - 145299399 TI - Tohoku, Japan, Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011 : Survey of Port and Harbor Facilities, Northern Region AU - Percher, Marc AU - ASCEāCOPRI Port and Harbor Facilities Field Survey Team AU - ASCE-COPRI Port and Harbor Facilities Field Survey Team PY - 2014 SN - 0784478201 PB - Reston, Virginia : American Society of Civil Engineer, DB - UniCat KW - Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011. KW - Tsunamis KW - Harbors KW - Earthquake damage KW - Earthquake intensity KW - Ports and harbors KW - Earthquakes KW - Tsunamis KW - Harbor facilities KW - Geotechnical engineering KW - Petroleum refining KW - Seas and oceans KW - Rivers and streams KW - Japan KW - Asia KW - Ports and harbors KW - Earthquakes KW - Tsunamis KW - Harbor facilities KW - Geotechnical engineering KW - Petroleum refining KW - Seas and oceans KW - Rivers and streams KW - Japan KW - Asia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145299399 AB - Sponsored by the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of ASCE On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck off the coast of the Tohoku region. This 9.0 magnitude earthquake induced shaking and tsunamis along more than 2000 km of Japanese coastline and damaged port and harbor facilities from metropolitan Tokyo to the northern extent of Honshu. In May 2011, the ASCE-COPRI Port and Harbor Facilities Field Survey Team worked closely with Japan's Ports and Airports Research Institute to conduct extensive field reconnaissance examining the tsunami and earthquake effects specific to port waterfront structures and ancillary components, such as cargo cranes, conveyance systems, and piping equipment. This investigation focused on the design and construction of these structures with an emphasis on the lessons learned from both failures and successes. Information from on-site observations and interviews with facility owners, eyewitnesses, researchers, and government officials are incorporated into this report. The broad area covered, from Soma to Hachinohe in the northern prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima, facilitated the interpretation of damage patterns across the region affected by the earthquake, with a primary goal of distinguishing port damage due to strong ground shaking from that caused by subsequent and significant tsunami inundation. This report highlights field observations and initiates efforts to develop an extensive collection of geotechnical, structural, coastal, and seismological data. ER -