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Japan 1978
Miyagi-ken
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AIJ
Survey Location
Sendai City
location point (lat long)
38.27 140.88
lat long accuracy
distance from epicentre (km)
99
usgs pga
23.4926
usgs pgv
30.8802
usgs mmi
7.51
usgs sdpga
1
usgs svel
330
intensity usgs (0=n/a)
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Damage Matrix
Percent Matrix
Building Classes
Damage Level Percentages of Total Damaged
D0
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
unknown
Total
W
27.0679111683296
28.1300289668491
34.0843257161249
6.79111683295784
2.57483102671387
0.289668490505311
1.06211779851947
100
W+Mortar
26.775956284153
41.92037470726
25.7611241217799
3.43481654957065
1.09289617486339
0.156128024980484
0.858704137392662
100
Block
47.2222222222222
30.5555555555556
19.4444444444444
0
0
2.77777777777778
0
100
RC+SRC
37.3817034700315
41.3249211356467
18.6119873817035
1.57728706624606
0.157728706624606
0.157728706624606
0.788643533123028
100
S
49.6296296296296
31.1111111111111
13.3333333333333
3.7037037037037
0
0
2.22222222222222
100
unknown
41.6666666666667
20.8333333333333
29.1666666666667
4.16666666666667
0
0
4.16666666666667
100
Building Classes
Damage Level
D0
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
unknown
Total
W
841
874
1059
211
80
9
33
3107
W+Mortar
343
537
330
44
14
2
11
1281
Block
17
11
7
0
0
1
0
36
RC+SRC
237
262
118
10
1
1
5
634
S
67
42
18
5
0
0
3
135
unknown
10
5
7
1
0
0
1
24
Total
1515
1731
1539
271
95
13
53
5217
AIJ's own scale only for this earthquake
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Study Locations
Sendai City