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Earthquake engineering research and development have received much attention since the first half of the twentieth century. This valuable research presented a huge step forward in understanding earthquake hazard mitigation, which resulted in appreciable reduction of the effects of past earthquakes. Nevertheless, the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and the subsequent tsunami resulted in major damage. This paper presents the timeline of earthquake mitigation and recovery, as seen by the authors. Possible research directions where the authors think that many open questions still remain are identified. These are primarily based on the important lessons learned from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.
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Nakashima, M., Lavan, O., Kurata, M. et al. Earthquake engineering research needs in light of lessons learned from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. Earthq. Eng. Eng. Vib. 13 (Suppl 1), 141–149 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-014-0244-y
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