Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014

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Symbol M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-ZZ Others

[M-ZZ45_29PM2] Geoscience Studies: historical, philosophical and STS studies

Tue. Apr 29, 2014 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM 422 (4F)

Convener:*Michiko Yajima(Tokyo Medical and Dentel University), Shigeyuki Aoki(Center for Cultural Research and Studies, University of Aizu), Toshihiro Yamada(Chiba Prefectural Funabashi High School), Shigeo Yoshida(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University), Chair:Shigeyuki Aoki(Center for Cultural Research and Studies, University of Aizu), Shigeo Yoshida(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University)

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

[MZZ45-11] The reasons why we couldn't avoid the Okawa Elementary School disaster

*Mamoru HAYASHI1 (1.University of TOYAMA)

Keywords:東日本大震災, 津波ハザードマップ, 強震動発生, 断層すべりモデル, 阪神・淡路大震災, 中学校理科

March 11, 2011. Fifty minutes after the earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku region, the big tsunami hit the Okawa Elementary School at Ishinomaki city. The victims include 74 students and 10 teachers from that school, as well as 3 students from Okawa Junior High School that had come to take children home and unknown number of Okawa district residents. Only 4 children and 1 teacher survived the catastrophe. It is considered the worst tragedy under the school administration since the establishment of the school system in Meiji Restoration. The role of Earth Planetary Science will be examined considering the fact that the comprehension about magnitude of those involved in science education is still in the 1960's, and the problem concerning the Okawa Elementary School accident verification committee's investigation, which is predictable and not enough to get to the truth about the tsunami catastrophe.