Tokuji Utsu (, April 13, 1928 – August 18, 2004) was a Japanese

seismologist Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (''seismós'') meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (''-logía'') meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes (or generally, quakes) and the generation and propagation of elastic ...

and Professor Emeritus of

University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...

. He graduated from the Faculty of Science at the University of Tokyo in 1951 and became a professor at the

Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo (ERI; 東京大学地震研究所 ''Tokyo Daigaku Jishin Kenkyu-jo'') is an institute in affiliation with University of Tokyo. Many fellows research on various topics about Seismology and volcano ...

in 1977. Utsu was compiling "Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World". He is recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon, the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class and so on.

Books

* 宇津徳治『地震学』共立出版〈共立全書〉(1977) * 宇津徳治『地震学第2版』共立出版〈共立全書〉(1984) * 宇津徳治ほか編『地震の事典』朝倉書店 (1987) * 宇津徳治『世界の被害地震の表 - 暫定版』 Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo (1989) * 宇津徳治『日本付近のM6.0以上の地震および被害地震の震度分布図 - 1901年～1926年』Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo (1989年) * 宇津徳治『地震活動総説』東京大学出版会 (1999) * 宇津徳治『地震学第3版』共立出版 (2001) * 宇津徳治ほか編『地震の事典第2版』朝倉書店 (2001)

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世界の被害地震の表 (古代から2016年まで)
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Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (Through 2016)
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) Japanese seismologists Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Academic staff of the University of Tokyo Academic staff of Nagoya University Academic staff of Hokkaido University University of Tokyo alumni Academics from Tokyo 1928 births 2004 deaths Scientists from Tokyo Metropolis {{Japan-scientist-stub