North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission

Technical Report 17

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Resilience for Salmon and People—Lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011: Summary and Discussion

Authors: 
Jun Aoyama, Shigehiko Urawa, and Masahide Kaeriyama

Abstract Excerpt:
Since ancient times, people on the Sanriku Coast (Pacific coast of northern Honshu) have frequently experienced tragedies caused by earthquakes and tsunami: the Jogan-Sanriku in 869, the Keicho-Sanriku in 1611, the Enhou in 1677, the Hoei in 1707, the Kansei in 1793, the Ansei-Tokai in 1854, the Meiji-Sanriku in 1896, the Showa-Sanriku in 1933, and the Chile Earthquake in 1960 (e.g., Yoshimura 1984; COGJ 2005; ERIUT 2011). They have known the most fear of tsunamis in Japan and have developed empirically excellent risk management strategies for tsunamis. Nevertheless, an unexpectedly large tsunami struck people within 30 minutes of the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE; Magnitude 9.0) on 11 March 2011, leaving approximately 18.5 thousand people killed or missing.

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.23849/npafctr17/205.207.

Citation

Aoyama, J., S. Urawa, and M. Kaeriyama.  2021.  Resilience for salmon and people—lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011: summary and discussion.  N. Pac. Anadr. Fish Comm. Tech. Rep. 17: 205–207.  https://doi.org/10.23849/npafctr17/205.207.