Tohoku University, Osaka University, NEC Corporation (NEC), Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd., and A30 Co., Ltd. have jointly developed a "tsunami inundation / damage estimation system".It is the world's first system that estimates tsunami inundation damage within XNUMX minutes from the occurrence of an earthquake, and has been decided to be adopted as a function of the "comprehensive disaster prevention information system" operated by the Cabinet Office.
Assuming a Nankai Trough earthquake, this system immediately estimates tsunami damage in the Pacific coastal area with a total distance of 6,000 km by simulation.It is said that damage estimation, which used to take several days with the conventional method, has become possible for the first time in the world within 30 minutes from the occurrence of an earthquake through industry-academia collaboration and interdisciplinary collaboration between science, engineering, and informatics.In addition, by constructing and operating the same system at two bases, Tohoku University (Sendai) and Osaka University (Osaka), we will realize non-stop operation 2 hours a day, 24 days a year.
Based on the lessons learned from the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, efforts are underway to quickly establish a disaster relief plan and system.This system contributes to strengthening Japan's disaster response capabilities as the world's most advanced disaster prevention system that quickly performs everything from fault estimation at the time of an earthquake to inundation / damage estimation due to a tsunami and information provision.Full-scale introduction is scheduled for the latter half of 2017.
