2019 Volume 19 Issue 7 Pages 7_1-7_13
The 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake occurred around 3:07 on September 6, 2018. The maximum seismic intensity of 7 was observed in Atsuma-chou. A seismic intensity of 7 was observed in Hokkaido for the first time. Due to the influence of this earthquake, the whole Hokkaido was blacked out on the day of the earthquake occurrence. In addition, all flights were canceled at New Chitose Airport, which was hit by a strong shake of seismic intensity of 6 upper. In this study, a web based questionnaire survey was conducted for New Chitose Airport users who did not live in Hokkaido at the time of the earthquake by the authors. This questionnaire survey was about the travel behavior, collecting the information regarding transportation during the disaster and so on. It became clear that travel behavior, method of collecting information about traffic condition and purpose of returning home outside in Hokkaido during the disaster.
