Introduction to the Special Section for the Centennial of the Great 1923 Kanto, Japan, Earthquake

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Research Article| September 13, 2023 Introduction to the Special Section for the Centennial of the Great 1923 Kanto, Japan, Earthquake Hiroe Miyake; Hiroe Miyake * 1Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan *Corresponding author: hiroe@eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8354-6281 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar James J. Mori; James J. Mori 2Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar David J. Wald; David J. Wald 3U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, Colorado, U.S.A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1454-4514 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Hiroshi Kawase; Hiroshi Kawase 2Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Shinji Toda; Shinji Toda 4International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar P. Martin Mai P. Martin Mai 5Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9744-4964 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Hiroe Miyake https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8354-6281 * 1Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan James J. Mori 2Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan David J. Wald https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1454-4514 3U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, Colorado, U.S.A. Hiroshi Kawase 2Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Shinji Toda 4International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan P. Martin Mai https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9744-4964 5Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia *Corresponding author: hiroe@eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 13 Sep 2023 Online ISSN: 1943-3573 Print ISSN: 0037-1106 © Seismological Society of America Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2023) https://doi.org/10.1785/0120230200 Article history First Online: 13 Sep 2023 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Hiroe Miyake, James J. Mori, David J. Wald, Hiroshi Kawase, Shinji Toda, P. Martin Mai; Introduction to the Special Section for the Centennial of the Great 1923 Kanto, Japan, Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 2023; doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120230200 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyBulletin of the Seismological Society of America Search Advanced Search The 1 September 1923 Mw 7.9 Great Kanto earthquake was an extremely disastrous event well known to seismologists and the public, especially in Japan (e.g., Midorikawa, 2002; Moroi and Takemura, 2002). Although the source area and magnitude are smaller than a number of other great earthquakes in Japan, including the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku–Oki, the 1944 Mw 8.1 Toankai, and the 1946 Mw 8.2 Nankai earthquakes, the proximity to Tokyo and Yokohama caused much more damage and killed many more people (nearly 105,000; Takemura, 2003; Moroi and Takemura, 2004) than other earthquakes... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.