Studies on the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake (Mw9.0)

Last update on September 16, 2014

Paper on source process of the 2011 Fukushima-ken Hamadori earthquake [2014/08/26 Published]

Tanaka, M., K. Asano, T. Iwata, and H. Kubo (2014), Source rupture process of the 2011 Fukushima-ken Hamadori earthquake: how did the two subparallel faults rupture?, Earth Planets Space, 66, 101, doi:10.1186/1880-5981-66-101.

Paper on source process of the largest aftershock, the 2011 Ibaraki-oki earthquake [2013/06/20 Published]

Kubo, H., K. Asano, and T. Iwata (2013), Source-Rupture Process of the 2011 Ibaraki-oki, Japan, Earthquake (Mw 7.9) Estimated from the Joint Inversion of Strong-Motion and GPS Data: Relationship with Seamount and Philippine Sea Plate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 3003-3007, doi:10.1002/grl.50558.

Paper on source modeling using the empirical Green's functiom method published in EPS special issue [2012/01/31UP, Open Access!]

Asano, K. and T. Iwata (2012), Source model for strong ground motion generation in the frequency range 0.1-10 Hz during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Earth Planets Space, 64 1111-1123.

Observed ground motions along the Pacific coast [2011/03/17UPDATE]

Observed ground motions in the Kyoto basin [2011/11/19UP]

Observed ground motions at Uji campus, Kyoto University [2011/03/15UPDATE]

Observed ground motions at Clock Tower Centennial Hall of Kyoto University

Related Papers and Publications in English

• Tanaka, M., K. Asano, T. Iwata, and H. Kubo (2014), Source rupture process of the 2011 Fukushima-ken Hamadori earthquake: how did the two subparallel faults rupture?, Earth Planets Space, 66, 101, doi:10.1186/1880-5981-66-101.
• Asano, K., H. Sekiguchi, T. Iwata, W. Suzuki, S. Aoi, and T. Kunugi (2014), Source Process of the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake, in Studies on the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Natural Disaster Science and Mitigation Engineering: DPRI reports, H. Kawase (Editor), Springer, Japan, 17-36.
• Kubo, H., K. Asano, and T. Iwata (2013), Source-Rupture Process of the 2011 Ibaraki-oki, Japan, Earthquake (Mw 7.9) Estimated from the Joint Inversion of Strong-Motion and GPS Data: Relationship with Seamount and Philippine Sea Plate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 3003-3007, doi:10.1002/grl.50558.
• Asano, K. and T. Iwata (2012), Source model for strong ground motion generation in the frequency range 0.1-10 Hz during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Earth Planets Space, 64, 1111-1123.
• Sato, K., K. Asano, and T. Iwata (2012), Long-period Ground Motion Characteristics of the Osaka Sedimentary Basin during the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake, Proc. 15th World Conf. Earthq. Eng., Lisbon, Portugal, paper no. 4494.
• Asano, K. and T. Iwata (2012), Broadband Strong Ground Motion Simulation of the 2011 Tohoku, Japan, Earthquake, Proc. 15th World Conf. Earthq. Eng., Lisbon, Portugal, paper no. 0934.

Related Presentations in International Meetings

• Iwata, T., K. Asano, and H. Kubo (2013), Construction of Source Model of Huge Subduction Earthquakes for Strong Ground Motion Prediction, 2013 Fall Meeting, Am. Geophys. Union, Abstract S43A-2482, San Francisco, California, 9-13 Dec.
• Kubo, H., K. Asano, T. Iwata, and S. Aoi (2013), Period Dependency on Source Process of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake by Multi Period-band Waveform Inversions, 2013 Fall Meeting, Am. Geophys. Union, Abstract S43A-2481, San Francisco, California, 9-13 Dec.
• Sato, K., T. Iwata, K. Asano, H. Kubo, and S. Aoi (2013), Long-period Ground Motion Characteristics Inside and Outside of Osaka Basin during the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake and Its Largest Aftershock, 2013 Fall Meeting, Am. Geophys. Union, Abstract S43A-2500, San Francisco, California, 9-13 Dec.
• Tanaka, M., K. Asano, T. Iwata, and H. Kubo (2013), How Did the Two Faults Rupture during the 2011 Fukushima-ken Hamadori Earthquake? 2013 Fall Meeting, Am. Geophys. Union, Abstract S51B-2372, San Francisco, California, 9-13 Dec.
• Iwata, T. and K. Asano (2012), Source Model of Huge Subduction Earthquakes for Strong Ground Motion Prediction, AGU 2012 Fall Meeting, S33A-2501, San Francisco, California, 3-7 Dec.
Kubo, H., K. Asano, T. Iwata, and Y. Kakehi (2012), Rupture Processes of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and the 2011 Ibaraki-Oki Earthquake, AGU 2012 Fall Meeting, S33A-2509, San Francisco, California, 3-7 Dec.
• Iwata, T., K. Sato, and K. Asano (2012), Long-Period Ground Motion Characteristics in the Osaka Sedimentary Basin during the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake: Source and Basin Effects, International Workshop of Special Project for Reducing Vulnerability for Urban Mega Earthquake Disasters, Matsushima, Oct.29-31.
• Asano, K. and T. Iwata (2011), Strong Ground Motion Generation during the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake, 2011 Fall Meeting, Am. Geophys. Union, Abstract U42A-03, San Francisco, California, 5-9 Dec.
• Asano, K. and T. Iwata (2011), Analysis of Strong Ground Motion Records from the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku, Japan Earthquake, Seism. Soc. Am. 2011 Ann. Meet., Memphis, Tennessee, 13-15 Apr.