 |
 |
|
 |
 |
■Indonesia : Earthquake |
 |
|
【Date and Time】 |
May 27th 2006, 5:54 AM Local time (7:54 AM JAPAN Standard Time) |
 |
|
【Magnitude】 |
6.3 |
 |
 |
【Seismic Center】 |
Yogyakarta, 275 miles east of Jakarta, Indonesia (at latitude 8°S, longitude 110°E.) |
 |
 |
【Depth】 |
35Km |
 |
 |
|
|
■The West off Fukuoka prefecture earthquake |
 |
|
【Date and Time】 |
March 20th 2005, 10:35 |
 |
|
【Magnitude】 |
7.0 |
 |
 |
【Seismic Center】 |
Off the Westward offshore, Fukuoka prefecture (at latitude 33.7°N, longitude 130.2°E.) |
 |
 |
【Depth】 |
9Km |
 |
 |
【Extent of damage】 |
Fatalities |
: |
1 person |
Injuries |
: |
1.087 people |
Completely destroyed buildings |
: |
133 |
Half destroyed buildings |
: |
244 |
|
■ The Niigata prefecture earthquake in 2004 |
 |
|
【Date and Time】 |
October 23rd 2004, 17:56 |
 |
 |
【Magnitude】 |
6.8. Maximum seismic intensity 7 (Kawaguchi-machi) |
 |
 |
【Seismic Center】 |
The Chuetsu region of Niigata prefecture |
 |
 |
【Depth】 |
13km |
 |
 |
【Extent of damage】 |
Fatalities |
: |
59 people |
|
Injuries |
: |
4,795 people |
|
Completely destroyed buildings |
: |
3,175 |
|
|
Half destroyed buildings |
: |
11.609 |
|
|
|
|
(From a press material released
by Niigata prefecture) |
 |
 |
【Pictures of the damage】 |
|
■ The Pakistani earthquake |
 |
|
【Date and Time】 |
October 8th 2005, 08:50 Pakistan standard time (12:50 Japan standard time) |
 |
 |
【Magnitude】 |
7.6 |
 |
 |
【Seismic Center】 |
100Km north-northeast from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan (Kashmir, a long-disputed Indian-Pakistani border) at latitude 34°N 25’22,” longitude 73°E 32’13.” |
 |
 |
【Depth】 |
10km |
 |
 |
【Extent of damage】 |
Human suffering |
: |
Over 70 thousand people |
Injuries |
: |
Over 80 thousand people |
|
|
(From a material released
by the Foreign Ministry) |
| |
 |
|
 |
|
 |