Title:
Reconnaissance Report on Bridge Damage caused by the January 1st, 2024, Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Japan

Authour:
Keita UEMURA¹, Kazuma INOUE², and Yoshikazu TAKAHASHI³

¹ Member of JSCE, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Earth Resources Eng. , Kyoto University
² Member of JSCE, Associate professor, Dept. of Civil Eng., National Institute of Technology, Gunma College
³ Member of JSCE, Professor, Dept. of Civil and Earth Resources Eng. , Kyoto University

Key Facts

• Hazard Type: Earthquake
• Date of the disaster: January 1st, 2024
• Location of the survey: Anamizu City, Nanao City, Shika Town, Suzu City, Wajima City
• Date of the field survey: January 20th – 22nd, April 23rd - 25th, 2024
• Survey tools: Digital Camera, GPS

Key findings: 
Damage to the piers was limited, with most of the bridge damage resulting fromground deformation behind the abutments. In some cases, settlement of the ground caused abutmentsto tilt, leading to damage to bearings at the bridge ends.

Key Words: Noto Peninsula Earthquke, Damage to bridge, Pier, Abutment, Bearing

Paper: PDF 2,261KB

Title:
Preliminary Report of the Damage by the 2022 Off Fukushima Prefecture Earthquake Mj7.4, Japan

Authour:
Kazuma INOUE¹, Keita UEMURA², Keita SAITOH³, Kento ASAMI⁴, and Kotaro UCHIYAMA⁵

¹ Member of JSCE, Associate professor, Dept. of Civil Eng., National Institute of Technology, Gunma College
² Member of JSCE, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Earth Resources Eng. , Kyoto University
³ Member of JSCE, Student, Dept. of Urban Management, Kyoto University
⁴ Member of JSCE, Student, Dept. of Environmental Eng., National Institute of Technology, Gunma College
⁵ Member of JSCE, Student, Dept. of Environmental Eng., National Institute of Technology, Gunma College

Key Facts

• Hazard Type: Earthquake
• Date of the disaster: March 16th, 2022
• Location of the survey: Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, Japan
• Date of the field survey: March 18th and 19th, 2022
• Survey tools: Digital Camera, GPS

Key findings: 
1) The superstructure collided against the western side abutment in the Date bridge.
2) The bearing pin was unfastened in the Showa Bridge.
3) The steps of intermediate piers can be confirmed in the Danzaki bridge.
4) The viaduct tilt due to Shear failure of columns was observed in Kunimi Town.

Key Words: Offshore the Fukushima Prefecture Earthquake, Geotechnical damage, Damage to bridges, Damage to Shinkanssen structure

Paper: PDF 3,303KB

Title:
Reconnaissance survey on geotechnical damage caused by February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaraş Earthquake, Türkiye

Authour:
Seda SENDIR TORISU¹, Tetsuo TOBITA², Takashi KIYOTA³, Ozer CINICIOGLU⁴, Gokce TONUK⁵, Nikolay MILEV⁶, Juan BRIONES⁷, and Othron BRIONES⁷

¹ Member of JSCE, Civil Engineer, Nuclear Facilities Division, Obayashi Corporation
² Member of JSCE, Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Systems Engineering, Kansai University
³ Member of JSCE, Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
⁴ Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Bogazici University
⁵ Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, MEF University
⁶ Chief Assistant Professor, Faculty of Transportation Eng., Geotechnics, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy
⁷ Engineer, Geofizika EIG Ltd.

Key Facts

• Hazard Type: Earthquake
• Date of the disaster: February 6th, 2023
• Location of the survey: Islahiye, Tepehan, Iskenderun, Antakya, Golbasi, Kahramanmaras
• Date of the field survey: March 29th – April 2nd 2023
• Survey tools: Drone, Digital camera, GPS, Laser rangefinder, Microtremor

Key findings: landslides, liquefaction, inundation, settlement, embankment failure

Key Words: Kahramanmaras Earthquake, geotechnical damage, liquefaction, lateral spread, landslide, inundation, settlement

Paper: PDF 2,667KB

Title:
Road pavement cracks in Toge District, Monzen Town, Wajima City, in the January 1st, 2024, Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Japan

Authour:
Kazuo KONAGAI¹, Atsutoshi ONO², Takashi TAKANAKA³, Tomonori OKI⁴, and Kiyoharu HIROTA⁵

¹ Professor Emeritus, Inst., Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
² Research and Survey Department, Nakanihon Air Co., Ltd.
³ Tokyo Branch, Research and Survey Department, Nakanihon Air Co., Ltd.
⁴ Niigata Branch, Research and Survey Department, Nakanihon Air Co., Ltd.
⁵ Researcher, Secretariat, International Consortium on Landslides

Key Facts

• Hazard Type: Road pavement cracks
• Date of the disaster: January 1st, 2024
• Location of the survey: Monzen, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture
• Date of the field survey: March 4th and 21st, 2024
• Survey tools: GPS

Key findings:

Strains produced in the ground are transmitted to road pavement, resulting in pavement cracks. The pattern of the quake-induced cracks observed in Toge District, Monzen Town of Wajima City, resembles that observed in the 2007 Noto Peninsula Earthquake.

Key Words: pavement crack, January 1st, 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake,

Paper: PDF 1,679KB