Sanriku Coast
The Sanriku Coast (三陸海岸, sanriku kaigan) is a coastal region on the Pacific Ocean, extending from southern Aomori Prefecture,[1] through Iwate Prefecture and northern Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Honshū, which is Japan's main island.[2] The name comes from the historical region of Sanriku (lit. "three riku"), referring to the former provinces of Rikuō, Rikuchū and Rikuzen.[3]
Tourist destination
[edit]There are the Tanesashi Coast, the Rikuchu Kaigan National Park and the Minami-Sanriku Kinkazan Quasi-National Park in the Sanriku Coast region.[4]
Earthquakes and tsunami
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The bays of this ria coastline tend to amplify the destructiveness of tsunami waves.[5] Significant events which devastated coastal communities include:
- 869 Jogan Sanriku earthquake
- 1611 Keicho Sanriku earthquake
- 1896 Meiji Sanriku earthquake
- 1933 Showa Sanriku earthquake
- 1960 Valdivia earthquake[6]
Prior to 2011, the tsunami history of Sanriku might have been interpreted as a story of progressively fewer casualties due to human intervention and planning. The 2011 disaster created a new baseline for analysis of regularly occurring tsunamis.[7]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Japan-i, Sanriku Coastline/Kamaishi Daikannon Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sanriku Coast; Sanriku
- ^ Nippon-Kichi, 三陸リアス式海岸 Sanriku-riasushiki-kaigan Saw-tooth Sanriku Coastline
- ^ 種差海岸を国立公園に編入へ 環境省方針 (in Japanese). Daily Tohoku. October 5, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
- ^ Satake, Kenji (2005). Tsunamis: Case Studies and Recent Developments. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research (Book 23). Springer. p. 99. ISBN 1402033265.
- ^ Cisternas, M.; Carvajal, M.; Wesson, R.; Ely, L.L.; Gorigoitia, N. (2018). "Exploring the Historical Earthquakes Preceding the Giant 1960 Chile Earthquake in a Time-Dependent Seismogenic Zone". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 107 (6): 2664–2675. Bibcode:2017BuSSA.107.2664C. doi:10.1785/0120170103. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ Clancy, Gregory. "Sanriku: Japan's 'Tsunami Coast'," The Telegraph (UK). March 14, 2011.
39°58′14″N 141°57′15″E / 39.9706°N 141.9542°E
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