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Figure 6: Daily change of distance between Mt. Fuji and Minami Torishima<br />

Figure 7: Daily change of triangle area<br />

maximum moved horizontally and 1.3<br />

meters in maximum sunk at Ojika.<br />

Figure 9 shows the horizontal crustal<br />

movement of sea bottom control points<br />

near the epicenter, which are constructed<br />

by Japan Coast Guard. About 24 meters<br />

moved horizontally to east south east<br />

direction and rose 3 meters vertically<br />

which generated the great Tsunami.<br />

Assumption of catastrophic<br />

Earthquakes and<br />

Tsunami in future<br />

The Japanese government has initiated<br />

to reconsider the assumption of<br />

catastrophic earthquakes and Tsunami<br />

which may occur in future because<br />

Figure 8: Horizontal movement<br />

of GPS stations after Eq<br />

Figure 9: Horizontal movement of sea bottom control points after Eq Figure 10: Past tsunami layers found in archeological site<br />

10 | <strong>Coordinates</strong> May 2012

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