LITERATURE SURVEY ON REPORTS FOR BUILDING DAMAGE OF THE AKITA SENBOKU (KOWAKUBI) EARTHQUAKE OF MARCH 15, 1914

Abstract

The 1914 Akita Senboku earthquake, one of the major inland earthquakes in Akita prefecture, caused 94 fatalities and 640 collapsed houses. The Authors have been conducting literature surveys and estimated detailed damage distributions of this event. As for building damage only one report has been referred. In this paper, four reconnaissance reports at that time are newly added, and damage features of wooden houses and brick masonry buildings are discussed. It is also pointed out that the lessons of the 1896 Rikuu earthquake, which affected the same area, were examined in terms of their effects on housing damage.