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Japan:Earthquake:2003/09/26

Duration	2003/09/26	An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early Friday, September 26, 2003.
Country or District	Japan
Name	Earthquake

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
Situation Report by Cabinet Office, Japan (as of Sept. 28)
Missing: 2 persons Seriouly Injured: 46 persons Slightly Injured: 545 persons	Totally Collapsed: 7 Houses Half Collapsed: 15 Houses Partially Collapsed: 223 Houses	Fire Outbreak: 4 cases Damaged Ports: 32
Situation Report by Cabinet Office (as of 14:30, Sep. 26)
Dead: 1 person Seriously Injured: 23 persons Slightly Injured: 214 persons Evacuee: 20,410 persons		Power Blackout: 5,341 houses Water Failure: 4,161 houses Fire Breakout: 3 cases
Situation Report by Japan Meteorological Agency
Dead: 1 persons Injured: 51 persons Evacuee: 41,200 persons		Fire Breakout: 3 cases Closed Airport: 1 (Kushiro Airport)

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Report/Articles MSN news 2003/09/29 Missing 3 persons, Injured 590 people CNN news 2003/09/28 A storage tank caught fire at an oil refinery in northern Japan on Sunday as aftershocks rocked the region following a powerful earthquake two days earlier. Disaster Management, Cabinet Office, The Government of Japan Situation Report on Tokachi-oki Earthquake (as of 20:00, September 28, 2003) (pdf) Disaster Management, Cabinet Office, The Government of Japan Situation Report of the earthquake in Hokkaido (as of 14:30 on September 26, 2003) Herald.com 2003/09/26 Japan's northern island of Hokkaido was rocked today by the strongest earthquake to hit anywhere in the world this year, a magnitude 8.0 temblor that injured more than 236 people, forced the evacuation of 41,000 others and blacked out 16,000 homes. The Detroit News 2003/09/26 A strong quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 rocked the northern Japan island of Hokkaido early Friday, injuring more than 120 people, knocking out power, derailing a train and touching off an industrial fire. Report by National Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention Analysis of the Earthquake data Report by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Japanese only) Report by Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Japan (Japanese only) Situation Report by Japan Meteorological Agency (Japanese only) Reuters AlertNet 2003/09/26 A series of powerful earthquakes shook the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early on Friday, injuring more than 160 people, causing widespread damage and blackouts and prompting officials to issue tidal wave warnings. BBC News 2003/09/26 A strong earthquake has struck the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido injuring over 100 people. CNN News 2003/09/26 An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early Friday, prompting authorities to issue tsunami warnings that extend as far as Hawaii.

Geographycal Data Information USGS Earthquake Informaiton Center 2003/10/08 USGS Earthquake Informaiton Center 2003/09/25 Preliminary Earthquake Report (Information on Epicenter, etc.)

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Pictures Daisuki-Tokachi Damages of Road and Port Tokachi-Navi 2003/09/26 Photo - the strongest earthquake in Hokkaido - asahi.com photo information BBC news 2003/09/26 In pictures: Hokkaido earthquake Yahoo asia News 2003 /09/27 Workers prepare to repair a road in Toyokoro which caved in after a powerful quake hit Japan's northern island of Hokkaido Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003.