Japan: Earthquake: 2000/10/06
GLIDE: EQ-2000-000656-JPN
| Period | 2000/10/06 |
|---|---|
| Country or District | Japan |
| Event Type | 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. |
| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Human Impact | Physical Impact | 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 |
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Related Links
Report/Articles
The Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction (CCEP), Japan
The abstract of the meeting on Western Tottori Earthquake and the crustal deformation of West-South Japan by specialists and scholars (Japanese only)
Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion
The characteristics of the earthquake which exerts damage on Tottori Prefecture, and the earthquake activities
Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion
The evaluation of the western earthquake activities of Tottori Prefecture
Meteorological Agency (Japanese)
Research Center for Earthquake Prediction, DPRI, Kyoto University (Japanese & English)
Western Tottori, Japan, Earthquake
BBC News 2000/10/06
Earthquake shakes western Japan
Japan Weather Association
Latest Earthquake
Chugoku Newspaper (Japanese only)
CNN News 2000/10/09
Western Japan hit by two strong aftershocks
Fire Defense Agency (Japanese)
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.
Pictures
ADRC Reports in Western Tottori
Photos in Affected Area by Mr. Arakida, a researcher of ADRC
Mainichi Newspaper
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