The earthquake consequences
Buildings and road damage, soil liquefaction in Mito city, Ibaraki prefecture, after the big earthquake.
March 12, 2011. Most pictures are taken on the next day after the earthquake.
Below are some pictures of Mito city (Japan, Ibaraki prefecture) taken on the next day after the big earthquake happened on March 11, 2011. See Russian or Japanese versions for more information.
Building damage was not so large as I expected. It is well known that Japan buildings are very tough against earthquakes, especially the recently built ones. However some minor damage were seen everywhere. Also I saw several buildings partially destroyed.
Almost every tiled roof was damaged.
Great number of brick walls have fallen to pieces due to the earthquake.
Partially destroyed building near the center of Mito city.
Bricks are not good for building in Japan.
Roads in the areas of soft soils were heavily damaged. On the contrary, in the areas situated on hard rocks there were almost no road damage visible.
Ground movement during the earthquake caused damage to pavements adjacent to buildings.
Broken pavement in the center of Mito city.
Broken pavement near Mito station.
Broken pavement near Mito city government office.
In the areas of soft soils a lot of ground liquefaction occurred.
The slope near Mito Toshogu shrine completely fell down on the shrine parking area flattening out several cars.
A street blocked by slope slide.
Large slope slide near Mito Toshogu shrine.
Cars under debris of the large slope slide near Mito Toshogu shrine.
The car from where a man was rescued.
According to Mito Keizai Shinbun a man was rescued from one of the cars (on the last photo) just after the earthquake.
