THE RESIDENTIAL LAND DAMAGE ANALYSIS BY THE 2016 KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKE

Abstract

 Many of the residential land were damaged by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Large scale embankment slopes and retaining walls collapsed in the residential land of Kumamoto City, Mashiki Town, Nishihara Village, Minamiaso Village. Therefore, local government suffered from the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake asked Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for Post-earthquake safety assessment. Approximately 1, 000 Post-earthquake safety assessment carried out an investigation into approximately 20, 000 residential land by the end of May from April 17.
 In this paper, we analyzed the damage situation of retaining wall, ground and slope for each district and damaged items from the result of risk assessment survey by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, and perfo s rmed a comparison with the past other earthquake damages.