Asian Disaster Reduction Center（ADRC）

Details of Disaster Information

Japan : Earthquake : 2008/06/14
GLIDE: EQ-2008-000087-JPN

Duration	2008/06/14
Country or District	Japan
Name	Earthquake
Outline	12 people were killed and 10 people are missing, and 353 were injured Saturday morning when a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck northeastern Japan, Japanese officials said.

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.68
Death 13 Missing 10 Injured 448 Evacuated 201	Totally collapsed houses 23 Half collapsed houses 65 Partially collapsed houses 1,090
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.62
Death 12 Missing 10 Injured 445 Evacuated 211	Totally collapsed houses 23 Half collapsed houses 24 Partially collapsed houses 769
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.55
Death 12 Missing 10 Injured 433 Evacuated 226	Totally collapsed houses 7 Half collapsed houses 9 Partially collapsed houses 694
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.49
Death 12 Missing 10 Injured 353 Evacuated 278	Totally collapsed houses 4 Half collapsed houses 7 Partially collapsed houses 524
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.35
Death 10 Missing 12 Injured 288 Evacuated 242	Totally collapsed houses 4 Half collapsed houses 6 Partially collapsed houses 204
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency
Death 3 people Missing 5 people Injured 90 people

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Report/Articles

Cabinet Office The Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008 No.24
Cabinet Office The Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008 No.24 20:00 14 July 2008
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.68
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.68 as of 17:00 14 July 2008
Cabinet Office The Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008 No.20
Cabinet Office The Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008 No.20 19:30 4 July 2008
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.62
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.62 as of 17:00 6 July 2008
Cabinet Office The Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008 No.15
Cabinet Office The Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008 No.15 19:00 29 June 2008
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.55
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.55 as of 17:00 29 June 2008
Cabinet Office The Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008 No.10
Cabinet Office The Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008 No.10 21:30 23 June 2008
Cabinet Office The Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008 No.1
Cabinet Office The Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008 No.1 02:00 15 June 2008
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.49
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.49 as of 17:50 23 June 2008
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.35
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.35 as of 08:45 18 June 2008
Nagoya University Seismic Center
Seismic Analysis (Japanese only)
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency
(The file is in PDF file format and in Japanese)
1.Date of earthquake occurrence: June 14, 2008
2.Location South of Iwate Pre.
3. Depth of the epicenter : about 10 km
4. Magnitude: 7.2
CNN.com 2008/06/14
Strong earthquake rattles Japan

Pictures

JAXA 2008/06/15
The Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008 image by Advanced Land Observing Satellite \"Daichi\"
Reuters AlerNet 2008/06/15
Pictures of the earthquake-hit northeastern Japan
Earthquake Research Institute, Univ. of Tokyo
The following is a flash for the 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake occurred on Jun 14, 08:43 (Japan local time, Jun 13, 23:48 (UT)). Details may be revised when additional data are obtained.
The hypocenter is located at （N 39 deg, 1.7 min, E 140 deg. 52.8 min, Depth = 8 km) by JMA, Japan Meteorological Agency.
USGS　Earthquake Hazard Program
Magnitude 6.8 - EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN