A VERIFICATION OF THE TSUNAMI SUFFERED RISK BY NANKAI MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKE FOR SHRINES IN AWAJI ISLAND

Abstract

 Awaji Island is located at Seto Inland Sea in Japan and it faces a severe risk of Nankai megathrust earthquake which will be occurred in near future. This island is well known for the myth of country birth of Japan and there are many shrines in the vicinity of coastal area. In this study, in order to examine the conversion of the shrines into evacuation sites, using the spatial information of shrines and the results of numerical simulation on tsunami damage, tsunami suffered risk of each shrine was examined. Moreover, the difference of damage risks of each enshrined god were clarified.