LEKKAS, E., ANDREADAKIS, E., ALEXOUDI, V., KAPOURANI, E., KOSTAKI, I. (2012). - The Mw=9.0 Tohoku Japan Earthquake (March 11, 2011) Tsunami Impact on Structures and Infrastructure. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (15WCEE), Paper No. 0106, Lisbon.
The March 9
th 2011 earthquake of Mw=9, that occurred offshore NE Japan, triggered major tsunami waves that affected almost all of the NE coast of Japan and caused massive casualties. Great damage was observed as whole residential, industrial and rural areas were swept away. Preliminary field observations on the behaviour of different types of structures and critical infrastructure are presented, the causes are analyzed and comparisons are made with the damage caused by the tsunami of Indian Ocean of December 26
th, 2004.