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TOWN
LOCATION STRUCTURE TOP OF
STRUCTURE
ELEV.
(M)
APPROX.
RUN‐UP
ELEV.
(M)
DESCRIPTION
DAMAGE OBSERVED
SHIZUGAWA BAY
N 38.674247
E 141.453670
TSUNAMI
WALL
+8
+15.2
CONCRETE
SEAWALLS
2.6 M DEEP SCOUR HOLE ON
LANDWARD SIDE OF WALL; DEBRIS
ON TOP OF 4‐STORY BUILDINGS;
LOW LYING BRIDGES INTACT
OKAWA SCHOOL
N 38.545820
E 141.428447
RIVER DIKE n.d.
+6
SCHOOL GROUNDS
LOCATED BESIDE
CONCRETE RIVER
DIKE
SCHOOL GROUNDS INUNDATED
OGATSU
N 38.512688
E 141.463919
PORT AREA n.a.
+14.7
HARBOR PLAZA WITH VERTICAL
BUILDINGS
ONAGAWA
N 38.443412
E 141.446208
PORT AREA n.a.
+18
50 MILES FROM
EPICENTER
SUBSIDENCE OF PORT STRUCTURES;
OVERTURNED BUILDINGS
ISHINOMAKI
N 38.416713
E 141.274888
PORT AREA n.d.
+4.9
MODERN PORT
FACILITY;
CONCRETE
PLATFORMS
MOST CASUALTIES WERE IN THIS
TOWN; URBAN AREA DID NOT
EXPECT LARGE WAVE (2‐3 M
EXPECTED)
NOBIRU BEACH
N 38.374410
E 141.170683
COASTAL DIKE;
JETTY
n.d.
+5.0
CONCRETE PAVERS
WITH ASPHALT
CREST
SCOUR AROUND AND INLAND OF
STRUCTURES
MATSUSHIMA BAY
N 38.364338
E 141.061313
SEVERAL
ISLANDS
n.a.
+2.7
PROTECTED BAY;
LOW SEAWALLS;
WATER ACCESS
MINIMAL DAMAGE OBSERVED
SENDAI NEW PORT
N 38.272001
E 141.013638
PORT AREA n.d.
+6.4
CONCRETE
PLATFORMS
SUBSIDENCE; HUNDREDS OF
CONTAINERS FLOATED AWAY
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