LITERATURE SURVEY ON DETAILED DAMAGE DISTRIBUTION DUE TO THE SHONAI EARTHQUAKE OF OCTOBER 22, 1894

Abstract

Shonai Earthquake of 1894 was an inland earthquake with magnitude 7.0, and claimed 726 lives and 3858 house collapses in Yamagata prefecture. The authors have been continuing literature surveys on this earthquake and in the previous paper precise damage distributions in Sakata and Matsumine towns were discussed. In this paper, detailed damage distribution for the whole affected area in Shonai Plain is indicated using damage statics rearranged by subdivided sectional unit for each village. Damage distribution is also discussed in relation with subsurface ground conditions.