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Japan:Earthquake:2003/07/26

Duration	2003/07/26	At 7.13 a.m. (2313-1 GMT) on Saturday, July 26, 2003, a strong earthquake, estimated magnitude 6.2, hit northern Japan near the city of Sendai. The earthquake has injured 100, power supply is cut off in 100 thousand houses.
Country or District	Japan
Name	Earthquake

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
Situation Report by Fire and Disaster Management Agency (as of July 30)
Injured 630 people (including 18 seriously injured)	Totally Destroyed 218 houses Half Destroyed 1,180 houses Partialy Destroyed 4,426 houses	Fire 3 cases Water supply - damaged 13,925 houses (recovered as of July 30) Electricity - damaged 100,000 houses (recovered as of July 26)

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Report/Articles Fire and Disaster Management Agency, JAPAN Report on the earthquake hit northern part of Miyagi Prefecture (Japanese) AFP Report 2003/07/28 A strong quake jolted northern Japan where three powerful earthquakes and some 1,000 aftershocks during the weekend left around 570 people injured. Mainichi Interactive - Mainichi Daily News Huge earthquake hits northern Japan Earthquake Research Institute, Univ. of Tokyo Special Event Page - 2003/05/26 MIYAGI-Oki Earthquake (Mj 7.0) Earthquake Information Bulletin, IFRC (2003/07/28) (UN-OCHA Reliefweb) CNN News Strong quakes rock Japan National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention(Japanese only)

Geographycal Data Information USGS 2003/07/26 Saturday, July 26, 2003 at 7:22:26 AM local time at epicenter 38.54N 140.96E USGS 2003/07/26 Saturday, July 26, 2003 at 12:13:11 AM local time at epicenter 38.45N 140.96E

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Urgent Report from Supporting Members of the Asian Disaster Reduction Center

Pictures Photos of the earthquake Comment is Japanese only. Yahoo! news 2003/07/26 AP photos