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Table 1 Maximum intensity and damage of human and building by region

From: The damage and reconstruction of the Kumamoto earthquake: an analysis on the impact of changes in expenditures with multi-regional input–output table for Kumamoto Prefecture

 

Kumamoto Prefecture

 

Regional ratio

Kumamoto City

Northern prefecture

Southern prefecture

Kumamoto City

Northern prefecture

Southern prefecture

Maximum intensity

7

6+

7

6−

Human damage (unit: people)

3009

1803

1164

42

59.9%

38.7%

1.4%

 Death

273

88

177

8

32.2%

64.8%

2.9%

 Injured

2736

1715

987

34

62.7%

36.1%

1.2%

  Seriously

1186

772

402

12

65.1%

33.9%

1.0%

  Slightly

1550

943

585

22

60.8%

37.7%

1.4%

Building damage

211,395

122,904

82,955

5536

58.1%

39.2%

2.6%

 Housing

198,258

122,761

71,018

4479

61.9%

35.8%

2.3%

  Completely destroyed

8,642

2456

6131

55

28.4%

70.9%

0.6%

  Half

34,389

15,219

18,537

633

44.3%

53.9%

1.8%

  Partially

155,227

105,086

46,350

3791

67.7%

29.9%

2.4%

 Non-housing

13,137

143

11,937

1057

1.1%

90.9%

8.0%

  Public

467

60

253

154

12.8%

54.2%

33.0%

  Other

12,670

83

11,684

903

0.7%

92.2%

7.1%

  1. “Information on the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake,” Japan Meteorological Agency website. “Damage from the Kumamoto Earthquake [Report 326],” Kumamoto Prefecture