LIQUEFACTION DURING THE 2004 NIIGATA-KEN CHUETSU EARTHQUAKE - GENERAL ASPECT AND GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGIC CONDITIONS -

Extraction of Building Damages in the 2007 Niigata-ken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake Using Digital Aerial Images

Remote sensing technology is effective to grasp the damage distributions from various natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. After the 2007 Niigata-ken Chuetsu-oki, Japan earthquake, aerial images were taken in the stricken area by several air survey companies in Japan. Airborne remote sensing is more suitable to collect detailed damage distribution because it ...

Psychological Recovery 5 Years After the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu Earthquake in Yamakoshi, Japan

BACKGROUND The 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake of Japan caused considerable damage. We assessed long-term changes in psychological distress among earthquake victims during the period 5 years after the earthquake. METHODS The participants were people aged 18 years or older living in Yamakoshi, a community in Niigata Prefecture near the epicenter. A self-administered questionnaire survey was co...

Post-traumatic symptoms among the children and adolescents 2 years after the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake in Japan.

Property damage and long-term psychological distress after the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake in Ojiya, Japan: a community-based study.

BACKGROUND This study aimed to assess psychological distress (PD) in earthquake-stricken communities with regard to the extent of property damage for 3 years following the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake in Japan. METHODS Subjects were participants of health check examinations in a community near the epicentre, and included 7097 residents (≥18 years) in 2005, 6586 in 2006 and 6698 in 2007. In...

Factor structure of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in subjects who had suffered from the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu Earthquake in Japan: a community-based study

BACKGROUND Factor structure of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was studied by a survey of subjects who had experienced the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake (6.8 on the Richter scale) in Japan. METHODS Psychological distress was measured at two years after the earthquake by using GHQ-12 in 2,107 subjects (99.0% response rate) who suffered the earthquake. GHQ-12 was scored by b...