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JDR Vol.7 No.sp pp. 491-499
(2012)
doi: 10.20965/jdr.2012.p0491

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Damage Assessment on Electric Power Failures During the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake

Gaku Shoji*, Dai Takahashi**, Takuya Tsukiji***,
and Satoshi Naba***

*Division of Engineering Mechanics and Energy, Faculty of Engineering Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan

**TIS, 8-17-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan

***Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan

Received:
April 2, 2012
Accepted:
June 13, 2012
Published:
August 1, 2012
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Keywords:
the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku earthquake, electric power failure, damage ratio, damage function
Abstract
We collected data on the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake by surveying web sites related to power failures during 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku (northeastern Japan) and, in addition, by interviewing local government sectors and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) branch office personnel. We quantify two damage ratios for power failures for subject municipalities defined by the ratio of the number of affected households and houses in a city to the number of related households and houses. This revealed the dependence of damage ratios on seismic intensities induced in subject municipalities. Damage functions related to power failures are then developed.
Cite this article as:
G. Shoji, D. Takahashi, T. Tsukiji, and S. Naba, “Damage Assessment on Electric Power Failures During the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.7 No.sp, pp. 491-499, 2012.
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