DocumentCode
3561291
Title
Forecasting in Geologic Time: The Tohoku Quake and Tsunami
Author
World, Linda
Author_Institution
IEEE Computer Society
Volume
44
Issue
5
fYear
2011
fDate
5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
11
Lastpage
13
Abstract
Japan is a world leader in earthquake and tsunami early-warning systems, but the recent unforeseen magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami that caused many coastal hazard-mitigation structures to fail.
Keywords
alarm systems; earthquakes; structural engineering; tsunami; Japan; Tohoku quake; Tohoku tsunami; coastal hazard-mitigation structure; earthquake early-warning systems; geologic time forecasting; tsunami early-warning systems; Earthquake engineering; Modeling and simulation; Tsunami modeling;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Location
5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MC.2011.148
Filename
5767721
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