Title :
Forecasting in Geologic Time: The Tohoku Quake and Tsunami
Author_Institution :
IEEE Computer Society
fDate :
5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
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;
Conference_Location :
5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2011.148
