Integrated Predictive Simulation System for Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster


Mitsuhiro Matsufura

Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan

matsuura(at)eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp


Our project "Integrated Predictive Simulation System for Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster" has started in 2005 as one of the CREST-type projects funded by JST. The project aims to develop an integrated simulation system for predicting earthquake and tsunami disasters in Japan. In the first phase (2005-2008), we developed three subsystems for earthquake generation, strong ground motion/tsunami and building oscillation, and tested their validity and applicability through the comparison of simulation results with observations. In the second phase (2008-2011), we integrate these three subsystems into a unified total system, and make simulations for predicting earthquake and tsunami disasters in realistic scenarios.

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