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Tottoriken-Seibu Earthquake, Japan

2000 Tottoriken-Seibu Earthquake,


Japan
So-called "Tottori Earthquake", "The Western Tottori
Prefecture Earthquake"

Earthquake data from USGS

Date & Time(UTC) : Oct.06, 04:30:19


Epicenter : N 35.456° E 133.134° Depth = 10km
Maginitude : Mw 6.5
Comments : At least 130 people injured, 2230 structures damaged, 104 houses
destroyed, seven bridges collapsed and 65 landslides reported in the Okayama-Tottori
area. Recorded (6U JMA) in Tottori; (5U JMA) in northern Okayama; (5L JMA) in
northeastern Shimane, southern Hiroshima and Okayama. Recorded (5U JMA) in
eastern Kagawa; (5L JMA) in Tokushima and western Kagawa.

Photos © M. Yoshimine 2001-2002. Click small photos to enlarge.

[ No.001-012 Ohsaki Shrine, Yonago City ] [ No.014-028: Around Suntopia Bridge


near Yonago Airport (Waste deposit) ] [ No.029-085: Showa-Cho, Sakaiminato City ]
[ No.086-186: Takeuchi Industrial Village, Sakaiminato City ] [ No.187-199:
Nakaura Watergate, Sakaiminato City ] [ No.206-208: Central part of Yonago City ]
[ No.209-235: Kinkai-Cho, Yonago City ] [ No.236-260: Minatoyama Park, Nishi-
Machi, Yonago City ] [ No.261-283: Yonago Port ] [ No.284-294: Abe, Yonago City ]
[ No.295-319: Hikona-Shinden, Yonago City ] [ No.320-321: Yumeminato Park,
Takeuchi Industrial Village, Sakaiminato City ] [ No.322-335: Sakaiminato Port ]
[ No.336-344: Showa-Cho, Sakaiminato City ]

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Tottoriken-Seibu Earthquake, Japan

M.Yoshimine
Soil Mechanics Laboratory
Civil Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 197-0397, JAPAN
tel.+81-426-77-2773 fax.+81-426-77-2772

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