HakaseTaro Announces Opening of Website “Memory of Great East Japan Earthquake 2011.3.11” -- Remember One of the Worst Natural Disasters in History.
ODAWARA, Kanagawa, Japan (PRWEB) March 10, 2014 -- Three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, HakaseTaro Inc. (“HakaseTaro”) in Japan prepared “Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Statics Map” and now provides it as “Memory of Great East Japan Earthquake 2011.3.11” on the Internet. “Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Statics Map” not only represents the actual statistical numbers, but also compares the damage by region.
The Great East Japan Earthquake killed 15,884 people, and 2,636 people are still missing as of Feb 20, 2014. In Minamisanriku, Miyagi and Otsuchi, Iwate, more than 50% of the homes were completely destroyed. To remember this fierce natural disaster, and for our TOMODACHI who helped Tohoku and the rest of Japan, the Map was prepared.
What is “Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Statics Map”?
“Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Statics Map” represents a disaster scale by a bar graph on Google Map. Therefore, the distance from the epicenter and a localization of the disaster region are visually displayed. “Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Statics Map” used the disaster data published by the Statistics Bureau of Japan and Japan Metrological Agency. The data is still being updated by those agencies, and the Map will be updated as new information is made available.
Go-live date: March 10, 2014
URL: http://www.2011-3-11.hakasetaro.com
Details of “Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Statics Map”:
1. Seismic intensity in 2,874 regions
2. Number of deaths in about 100 regions
3. Number of missing in about 50 regions
4. Number of injured people in about 180 regions
5. Flood damages in about 70 regions
6. Dwelling house damages in about 180 regions
Contact by Email: maps(at)hakasetaro(dot)com
References:
1. Monthly Report on Earthquakes and Volcanoes in Japan Meteorological Agency. April 2011; Volume 133.
2. Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake. Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, http://www.stat.go.jp/english/index.htm
Yutaka Hasegawa, PhD
President
HakaseTaro Inc.
Phone: +81-465-43-6800
Yutaka Hasegawa, HakaseTaro Inc, http://2011-3-11.hakasetaro.com, +81 465-43-6800, [email protected]
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