LITERATURE SURVEY ON DAMAGE OF KUMAMOTO CITY DUE TO THE KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKE OF JULY 28, 1889

Abstract

The authors have performed literature surveys on July 28, 1889 Kumamoto earthquake taking an opportunity of the occurrence of 2016 event in Kumamoto Prefecture. In the previous papers, reconnaissance reports, newspapers and archived Kumamoto prefectural documents at that time were surveyed. In this paper, detailed damages in Kumamoto city are picked up from these documents. Damage distribution and each building details are disclosed and plotted on a map newly reproduced from the topological map and street map at that time. Damage concentrations in northern and southern districts and ground failures along the old river traces are extracted.