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not too many as they were able to control the situation fairly quickly and get people evacuated

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CORRECTION : 14,616 deaths , 5,278 injured and 11,111 people missing .

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6,434 people were killed in the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995.

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How many people died in the biggest earthquake in Sendai Japan?

an earthquake kills about 1000 people


How many people rescued from Japan earthquake?

about 1000 people saved


How many people were in Tohoku at the time of the earthquake?

Japan has a population of over 127 million and the casualties of the March 2011 earthquake (and resulting tsunami) were devastating but small (0.01%) in comparison to the entire population.The death toll was on the order of ten to twenty thousand. The deaths would have been considerably higher had the Japanese not evacuated much of the coastal areas.


Are Japan earthquake lowest earthquake hazard level or not?

Japanese have one of the highest because earthquakes happen there frequently. So no Japan does not.


What kind of earthquake was the valdivia earthquake?

The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean Earthquake of 22 May 1960 is to date the most powerful earthquake ever recorded on Earth, rating 9.5 on the magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT, 15:11 local time). It was followed by a tsunami which affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian island in Alaska.The depth of the earthquake was 33 km.The epicenter was Cañete, Chile.There were about 2,231-6,000 casualties.

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How many casualties in the most recent earthquake in Japan?

around 20,000


What year was Japan's earthquake?

It depends on the earthquake you are talking about. Many have occurred in Japan. The most recent is the 2011 earthquake.


How many people are missing in the earthquake?

17,649 are missing in japan earthquake.


How many people died after the Japan earthquake?

About 10000 people died after the earthquake.


How many aftershocks were there after Japan's earthquake?

400


What is a sentence with the word casualties?

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How many casualties were in the haiti earthquake?

A somewhat insensitive question as it is presently far to early to say


How many fore shocks were in the earthquake of Japan and how many were there?

>200


How many people are suffering from the Japan earthquake?

about 300,000


How many aftershocks has japan had since the earthquake?

891


How many people did the tsunami and earthquake in Japan?

5


What are the casualties of earthquake?

Usually casualties of an earthquake are: Rumbling, Shaking, Windy, and Lots of Rain storm during that time. I'm magicpurple0101 and I'm happy to answer your question!