2014 年 70 巻 2 号 p. I_1341-I_1345
On March 11, 2011, the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake occurred. The tsunami generated by the earthquake struck and caused extensive damage to Japan's coastal areas. Because of the unexpected problems, some schools had to evacuate on unplanned route. Furthermore,because of the electric outage due to the earthquake, some schools couldn't get enough information about tsunami. We conducted hearing survey to investigate the evacuation of students of elementary and junior high schools under the unexpected condition. The results of the study are as follows, (1) Seeing tsunami was one of important information and motivation to evacuate to higher place. (2) Some schools changed route and evacuee place to avoid the risk of tsunami or earthquake on March 11. (3) Some schools experienced tsunami, apt to choose new evacuation route and place which they can shelter after evacuation