Abstract
At 8:43 on June 14, 2008, the mainshock of the Iwate- Miyagi Nairiku earthquake with a JMA magnitude of 7.2 hit the mountainous areas in Iwate, Miyagi and Akita prefectures, Japan. Based on a site investigation performed four days after the earthquake, the following damage to roads in Akita prefecture was reported: a road closing caused by slope failure adjacent to a bend of a river, settlement of approach embankments for highway bridges due to large displacement of reinforced retaining walls having low stability, a failure of a road constructed by cut and fill, and a large slope failure including road embankment. [This abstract is not included in the PDF]
