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Greece:Earthquake:1999/09/07

Duration	1999/09/07	On Sempteber 7, the earthquake occured around 1500 local time (1200 GMT) and was followed by a series of strong aftershocks. The Athens Seismological Institute said the quake registered 5.9 on the Richter scale, and the epicentre was 20km (12.4 miles) north of the capital. The seismic shift occurred 5 to 10km below the ground.
Country or District	Greece
Name	Earthquake

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Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
OCHA Situation Report No.4 （1999/9/15)
136 persons were killed 4 people are still missing currently 6 people are hospitalized due to injuries (15 September 1999, the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Greek Ministry of Interior)	7,746 buildings have been estimated heavily damaged (under demolition) 29,931 partly damaged (under repair) Several schools have been reported as totally destroyed. Four industrial plants totally damaged, with a number of small industrial plants partly damaged.	over 70,000 people are homeless, and the total number of affected population is over 100,000.
BBC News 99/9/8 14:51GMT
The death toll is climbing above 70 and 45 people are still missing. Some 1,600 people have had medical treatment and 380 remain hospitalised	According to the environment ministry, of the 2,000 homes so far examined, 30% were inhabitable, 42% needed repairs, and 28% would have to be demolished.
CNN News 1999/9/9 13:55GMT
The number of dead had risen to 75. Some 1,600 were taken to hospital for treatment. Around 45 people remained missing	Environment ministry inspectors said 80 percent of about 1,100 buildings examined in the quake hit area were deemed being beyond habitable	Finance ministry sources said the cost of the quake could be in the region of 100 billion drachmas ($324 million).
BBC News 99/9/8 03:33GMT
At least 32 people have been confirmed dead, and officials believe more than 100 others are buried beneath the rubble of homes and factories. Hundreds more have crowded into hospitals for first aid	Officials said more than 100 buildings were severely damaged. But the historic buildings on and around the Acropolis escaped unscathed.	Tens of thousands of others fled the city for the countryside, causing traffic jams along Greece's national road in the process.
CNN News 1999/9/8 00:29GMT
At least 32 people were killed and more than 100 injured	More than 100 buildings collapsed, from apartment blocks to factories, most of them in working-class and immigrant areas north of Athens

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Report/Articles Latest updates on the Athens Earthquake (ReliefWeb) A list of the latest major documents added to ReliefWeb pertaining to the Athens Earthquake　 - European Investment Bank 1999/09/24 Agence France-Presse (AFP) 1999/09/23 20:16GMT Agence France-Presse (AFP) 1999/09/23 11:09GMT Government of Japan 1999/09/17 OCHA Situation Report No.4 (1999/9/15) Needs tents, beds, mattresses and chemical toilets are needed to assist the homeless. the Special Secretariat for Crisis Management at the Ministry of Interior (Operational Point of Contact) can be reached at the following numbers - Tel No.: +30-1-324-8102, or +30-1-324-8089 or +30-1-335-9900, - Fax No.:+30-1-335-9935. CNN News 1999/9/10 09:40GMT The Greek Government said 95 people have died and they feared the death toll would exceed 100．About 35 people are still missing. OCHA Situation Report No.3 (1999/9/11) BBC News 99/9/8 14:51GMT With the death toll climbing above 70 and with 45 people still missing, hopes for any more rescues are fading. Many Athenians are fearful of entering their homes as countless aftershocks - some as high as 4.7 on the Richer scale. CNN News 1999/9/9 13:55GMT The Health and Welfare Ministry said the number of dead had risen to 75. Some 1,600 were taken to hospital for treatment BBC News 99/9/8 21:05GMT The death toll has now risen above 60. Two thousand people have been treated for injuries CNN News 1999/9/8 21:01GMT Officials said the quake killed at least 64 people and injured 1500 others. About 60 people were still missing. OCHA Situation Report No.2 (1999/9/8) OCHA Situation Report No.1 (1999/9/7) Reuters 1999/9/7 AFP News 1999/9/7 The Kandilli Observatory seismology institute in Istanbul said the Greek quake was unrelated to the northern Anatolian fault, responsible for the disaster in Turkey Yahoo! News Photos of Athens Earthquake BBC News 99/9/8 03:33GMT More than 400 aftershocks have jolted the capital. Turkey has sent rescue teams to Greece. The quake was caused by the same seismic fault that runs beneath Turkey. CNN News 1999/9/8 00:29GMT Greece's Ministry of Health said at least 32 people were killed and more than 100 injured BBC News 99/9/7 22:37GMT At least 31 people were killed. More than 150 were trapped inside collapsed buildings

Geographycal Data Information National Observatory of Athens - Institute of Geodynamics Recent earthquakes in Greece, publically announced by the Institute of Geodynamics,NOA USGS Report The map of the epicenter and predicted P-wave travel times

Emergency Relief Information Government of Japan 1999/09/17 The Government of Japan decided to extend emergency assistance comprising blankets and tents equivalent to about 14 million yen to the Government of the Hellenic Republic (Greece), which has sustained extensive damage from a strong earthquake.

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