Graphical abstract of Asano and Iwata (2019)

Source rupture process of the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake deduced from strong-motion data considering seismic wave propagation in three-dimensional velocity structure
Paper by Asano and Iwata was published in EPS!
Asano, K. and T. Iwata, Earth Planets Space, 71:101, doi:10.1186/s40623-019-1080-0, 2019.

PGV/PGA distribution of the 2018 northern Osaka earthquake

Northern Osaka Earthquake (MJMA6.1) on June 18, 2018
We are working on the MJMA6.1 crustal earthquake occurring in the northern part of the Osaka prefecture on June 18, 2018. Left figure shows the observed PGA and PGV distribution of this event.

Graphical abstract of Hallo et al. (2019)

Seismotectonics of the 2018 northern Osaka M6.1 earthquake and its aftershocks: joint movements on strike-slip and reverse faults in inland Japan
Paper by Hallo et al. was published in EPS!
Hallo, M., I. Opršal, K. Asano, and F. Gallovič, Earth Planets Space, 71:34, doi:10.1186/s40623-019-1016-8, 2019.

Microtremor Array Survey in the Yatsushiro Plain

Microtremor Array Survey in the Yatsushiro Plain, Kumamoto

Near-fault ground motions during the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake

2016 Kumamoto Earthquake
Information for our studies on the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence is available here!

VSP Exploration in Wakayama along the Median Tectonic Line Fault System

VSP Exploration at the Median Tectonic Line

Topics

2024.10.21-23
SSJ 2024 Fall Meeting in Niigata
2024.9.30
Special Seminar by Prof. Yehuda Ben-Zion (University of Southern California)
2024.9.27
Seminar by Dr. Tomohisa Okazaki (RIKEN) in Seismic and Volocanic Hazard Mitigation Research Group Seminar
2024.2.21-22
DPRI Annual Meeting 2024
2024.1.2
Research information for the 2024 Noto Hanto earthquake
2023.12.15
A paper on rake angle variation of heterogeneous source models was published on Journal of Seismological Society of Japan
2023.10.31-11.2
SSJ 2023 Fall Meeting in Yokohama
2023.10.10/13
Future Directions: Physics-based ground motion modeling (Vancouver, B.C.)
2023.04.11
A paper on Influence of low-velocity superficial layer on long-period basin-induced surface waves in eastern Osaka basin has been published in EPS(Oprsal et al., 2023)
2022.06.17
A paper on the velocity structure modeling in the Hakodate Plain, Hokkaido, was published in EPS
Old stuffs

Seminars

Studies on Recent Significant Earthquakes

Research Projects

DPRI Annual Meeting

Kyoto University Disaster Prevention Research Institute Uji Campus Administration Office