Source process of the 2011 Mw9.0 Tohuko Japan earthquake
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摘要:
On March 11,2011,a magnitude Mw9.0 earthquake occurred near the east coast of Honshu,Japan,at 13:46 (Beijing time),with an epicenter at 38.321°N,142.369°E and a source depth of 24 km,as determined by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/).A great tsunami then battered the northeast coast of Japan after the earthquake.The wave reached a maximum height of 23.6 m in some areas (http://news.sina.com.cn/w/2011-03-24/082322172726.shtml).The earthquake also resulted in damage to a nuclear power plant in Fukushima that generated nuclear leakage.The earthquake,tsunami and nuclear leakage have brought about huge economic losses and casualties.