Thursday, March 18, 2010

More About Japan's Hazard

These are some figures from the Japan Meteorological Agency showing more about the earthquake hazard for southern Japan. This figure shows the sources of earthquakes back to 1605.

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Japan Meteorological Agency (2009). Earthquakes and Tsunamis Disaster Prevention, http:/www.jma.go.jp/jma/en/Activities/brochure_earthquake_and_tsunami200903.pdf, accessed March 2010, 28 pages.

This is also a very good brochure to look at for a summary of information that the Japan Meteorological Agency provides to the general public.