The preliminary report by Woody Epstein, Takanao Nishimoto, Koji Okumura, Sam Swan, and Peter Yanev.
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Schools in the April 14, 2016 M7.0 Kumamoto Earthquake
A Lesson from Japan’s Latest Destructive Earthquake on How to Strengthen Older Schools (and Buildings) by Peter Yanev Yanev Associates and Kuramoto Earthquake Investigation Team Technical Leader Once again, I find myself in Japan immediately after a big earthquake. I left California the day after a Magnitude (M) 7.0 earthquake hit Japan’s Kyushu Island to […]
Kumamoto Earthquake Journal Photos (Mashiki Town)
We have spent the morning writing the report and choosing photographs. Here are the first about Mashiki Town.
Kumamoto Earthquake Journal (4/19)
Woody’s journal from 4/19
Earthquakes in Kyushu
We have put together an earthquake investigation team of international experts to visit Kyushu starting the evening of 4/17. The team is made up of some of the same experts who did the IAEA Mission to Onagawa investigation after the 3.11 Great Tohoku Earthquake.
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