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Japan:Earthquake:2000/10/06

Duration	2000/10/06	An earthquake struck Chugoku district face to Japan Sea (Western part of the main land of Japan)in Japan on 6 October 2000 at around 4:30 GMT. The magnitude 7.3 on Richter scale. The detailed information will be issued later.
Country or District	Japan
Name	Earthquake

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Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
Tottori Prefecture Damage Report (as of Oct. 12 9:00 A.M.)
People killed 0 People injured 97 People evacuated 421	Houses destroyed 99 Houses half-destroyed 188 Houses damaged 2,743 Public buildings damaged 69 Cultural assets damaged 40 Road ruined 540 River damaged 44 Harbor facilities damaged 88 Erosion control facilities damaged 10 Landslides 125

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Report/Articles The Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction (CCEP), Japan The abstract of the meeting on Western Tottori Earthquake and the crustal deformation of West-South Japan by specialists and scholars (Japanese only) Seihaku town Research Center for Earthquake Prediction, DPRI, Kyoto University (Japanese & English) Western Tottori, Japan, Earthquake Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion The evaluation of the western earthquake activities of Tottori Prefecture Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion The characteristics of the earthquake which exerts damage on Tottori Prefecture, and the earthquake activities Yomiuri Newspaper (Japanese) Meteorological Agency (Japanese) Yonago city (Japanese) Asahi Newspaper (Japanese) Japan Weather Association Latest Earthquake Chugoku Newspaper (Japanese only) CNN News 2000/10/09 Western Japan hit by two strong aftershocks Fire Defense Agency (Japanese) BBC News 2000/10/06 Earthquake shakes western Japan Kyodo News Nihonkai Newspaper Jiji News

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Urgent Report from Supporting Members of the Asian Disaster Reduction Center Tottori Prefeture Damage Report Damage Reports edited by ADRC Damage Comment by Prof. Oike (Kyoto Univ.) (18:30 MBS TV) There is an active fault in this area. Although it is not written down in the map of active faults, there have been several small earthquakes in this ten years, whichcan be considered as the symptom of this earthquake. The active faults in Western Japan has been activate since 80's. Strong Earthquake Hits Western Japan The strong Earthquake hit the Tottori Prefecture and its surroundings area with the Magnitude of 7.3. At this time, no big casualties that has been reported, but according to Japanese Government, the possibility of M6 is stil exist.

Pictures ADRC Reports in Western Tottori Photos in Affected Area by Mr. Arakida, a researcher of ADRC Mainichi　Newspaper photos