Building damage by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake and coping activities by NILIM and BRI collaborated with the administration-PDF

This paper presents the outlines of the strong motions observed mainly by the Building Research Institute (BRI) Strong Motion Network, the motion induced building damage and the tsunami induced building damage by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake (the Great East Japan earthquake) (hereinafter referred to as the Tohoku earthquake).