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Japan:Earthquake:2001/03/24

Duration	2001/03/24	A powerful earthquake, estimated at magnitude of 6.4 hit southwestern Japan at 07:28(GMT) on March 24. The epicenter is some 38 miles below ground at sea just off Hiroshima. The official reported two people are killed and 183 are injured as of March 26.
Country or District	Japan
Name	Earthquake

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
Dead: 2 Injured: 183

Specific Matters

Fire and Disaster Management Agency, JAPAN (Japanese page) Official report on the eathquake occurred at off shore Hiroshima

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Report/Articles Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) The Report of the Field Survey of the Affected Area Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) The Report of the Field Survey of the Affected Area (Japanese Page) Cabinet Office, Japanese Government Report on 2001 GEIYO earthquake Kyodo News (Japanese Page) YOMIURI ON-LINE 2001/03/25 There is a record the earthquake occurred at Akinada, off shore of Hiroshima every 50 years Earthquake Information Center, Tokyo University Information on Source, Seisimicity, and Wave form Chugoku Newspaper (Japanese page) Local Paper - Akinada Earthquake around Hiroshima KYODO NEWS M6.2 quake rocks western Japan CNN News 2001/03/24 Two dead, hundreds injured in Japan quake NIKKEI NET 2001/03/26 A great earthquake of Seismicity Intensity 5 occurred in Hiroshima Earthquake Information Center, Tokyo University (Japanese page) Information on Source, Seisimicity, and Wave form BBC News 2001/03/24 Earthquake hits western Japan Hiroshima Prefecture HQ of Disaster Management (Japanese Page) Disaster Damage Report in Hiroshima Prefecture Ehime Newspaper 2001/03/25 (Japanese page) Local Paper - The expansion of the damage by the earthquake

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Urgent Report from Supporting Members of the Asian Disaster Reduction Center

Pictures ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION Map of Seismic Intensity USGS National Earthquake Information Center Earthquake Bulletin 01/03/24