DATABASE OF EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE OBSERVATION OF BUILDINGS IN JAPAN

Abstract

Seismic observation in Japan has drastically developed in the recent 15 years. Besides thousands of stations on ground surface for seismic intensity and ground motion, a number of earthquake response observations of buildings has been developed for data accumulation and structural health monitoring. However, the reality of the earthquake observations of buildings, such as the actual number of observed buildings and the used equipment, is not exactly clear. In this report, the current status of the earthquake observations of buildings is discussed based on the newly developed database, as well as the future scope of observation and data utilization.