RELATION BETWEEN DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND RESIDENTIAL LAND IN THE 2007 NOTO-HANTO EARTHQUAKE—CASE STUDY OF TOHGE AREA IN MONZEN TOWN, WAJIMA CITY—

Abstract

The present paper deals with the damage to houses in Monzen Town, especially Tohge area in Wajima City due to the 2007 Noto-Hanto Earthquake in Japan. First, an outline of damage to houses was shown and the causes of the damage were discussed in relation to the damage to residential land and the basement of the houses. Next, geotechnical survey was conducted. Then the relation between the damage to houses and geotechnical features in Tohge section was discussed. As a result, it is clarified that soil liquefaction was one of the causes of damage to houses