学会誌「自然災害科学」

自然災害科学46 Vol.17,No.2, 1998, p155f

【報告】[Scientific Report]

地震情報改善に関する地震用語の理解度調査

An Understandability Survey of Seismological Term on Improvement of Earthquake Information

小原 義廣*

Yoshihiro OHARA*

Abstract

Japan Meteorological Agency announces, in addition to earthquake information, material for press, etc. precisely explaining the seismic activity after events. Many seismological terms, for example "source mechanism", are used in these materials. So even if the information is transmitted into disaster prevention organizations, it is considerably difficult to be understood. The objective of this study is to abstract seismological term which is easy for workers of these organizations to understand, from many seismological terms used in these materials. A questionnaire survey was undertaken to investigate "understandability" of 32 seismological terms for workers of administrations, police stations and educational institutions. The survey shows that among the 32 seismological terms, only 5 of them had "understandability" higher than 80%.

キーワード:

地震情報,報道参考資料,地震用語,理解度

Key words:

Meteorological Research Institute, Meteorological Agency, Japan

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気象庁気象研究所
Meteorological Research Institute, Meteorological Agency, Japan