Journal of Natural Disaster Science

QUESTIONNAIRE-BASED INVESTIGATION OF THE 1943 TOTTORI EARTHQUAKE DISASTER

Shigeru NODA
Associate Professor, Department of Social Systems Engineering, Tottori University, Tottori
Hitoshi TANIGUCHI
National Expert, United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Nagoya
Kazuaki MASAKI
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Aichi Institute of Technology, Nagoya
and
Toshio MOCHIZUKI
Professor, Center for Urban Studies, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo

(Received 29 November, 1993 and in revised form 21 September, 1994)

Abstract

Through a questionnaire completed by survivors of the 1943 Tottori earthquake (M 7.2), the physical damage caused and resulting human behavior were investigated. The questionnaire consisted of 35 questions in a number of categories: l) the relationship between strong ground motion and soil damage, 2) damage to the respondents' houses, 3) human behavior during and after the earthquake, and 4) the repair of collapsed buildings. Quantitative data on the locations of soil liquefaction and human behavior during strong motion were obtained which have not been considered previously in drawing up earthquake countermeasures.

Key words

Tottori earthquake, questionnaire, seismic intensity, damage assessment, human behavior, restoration process