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[Disaster Report]the Earthquake on Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan (reported: Apr.14, 2013)


Date-Time: April 13, 2013 at 05:33 Japan time
Location: Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan (Depth: 15km)
Magnitude: 6.3

Intensity (Japanese Scale)
Intensity 6 lower: Awaji-shi (Hyogo Pref.)
Intensity 5 upper: Minamiawaji-shi (Hyogo Pref.)

Damage Situation
Osaka Pref.
human suffering serious injury 1
minor injury 4
building damage (house) total collapse 0
half collapse 0
partially collapse 4

Hyogo Pref.
human suffering serious injury 6
minor injury 12
building damage (house) total collapse 0
half collapse 39
partially collapse 2,275

Other area
human suffering serious injury 1
minor injury 3
building damage (house) total collapse 0
half collapse 0
partially collapse 1

79 houses cut off water supply in Hyogo Prefecture, and the water outage has already recovered at all houses.
Any supports defined by national disaster act are not applied to the afflicted people, because few houses were completely collapsed in the earthquake.