Details of Disaster Information
| Japan : Earthquake : 2007/07/16 | |
| GLIDE: EQ-2007-000102-JPN |  |
| Duration | 2007/07/16 |
| Country or District |
Japan |
| Name | Earthquake |
| Outline | A powerful earthquake hit Niigata and Nagno Prefecure in Central Japan at 10:13AM, July 16,2007. The Meteorological Agency says the focus of the quake, with an estimated magnitude of 6.8, was about 17 kilometers under the sea floor off Niigata. The Agency immediately issued a tsunami tidal wave warning for parts of Niigata and Sado Island off the prefecture, but lifted it about one hour later. 14 dead, 2345 injuries were reported. |
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| Personal Injury | Material Damage | Others |
| Situation Report No.48 by FDMA | ||
| Dead: 15 Injured: 2345 |
Totally destroyed houses: 1,259 Half destroyed houses: 5,487 Partially destroyed houses: 34,485 Fire: 3 |
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| Situation Report No.46 by FDMA | ||
| Dead: 14 Injured: 2345 |
Totally destroyed houses: 1,244 Half destroyed houses: 5,250 Partially destroyed houses: 34,401 Fire: 3 |
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| Situation Report No.10 by FDMA (as of 17:30) | ||
| Dead 7, Injured 226 | Totally destroyed 305 houses, Half destroyed 11 houses, Partially destroyed 198 houses | |
| Situation Report No.6 by FDMA (as of 14:45 on July 16) | ||
| Dead: 2 persons, Injured: 33 persons | Totally destroyed houses: 298 | |
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