Details of Disaster Information


Japan : Earthquake : 2000/10/06
GLIDE: EQ-2000-000656-JPN  DRR & Disaster Information

Duration 2000/10/06
Country
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District		 Japan
Name Earthquake
Outline 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.

Headline(Source, Date)
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

Related Links
Report/Articles
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.
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