Damage 2004 Chūetsu earthquake

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road damaged landslide



damaged road in ojiya, october 2004


as late november 3, 39th fatality attributable earthquakes occurred perceptible aftershocks continued. on 3,000 injuries reported in niigata prefecture. on 1 hundred thousand people fled homes. earthquakes caused houses collapse in ojiya , damaged thousands in area.



disaster relief convoy of japan self-defense forces


for first time in 40-year history, shinkansen train derailed while in service, train being close epicentre halted automatic uredas earthquake detection system. 8 out of ten cars of toki 325 service (a 200 series shinkansen train) derailed on joetsu shinkansen line between nagaoka station in nagaoka , urasa station in yamato; no injuries reported among 155 passengers. railbed, bridges , tunnels affected. east japan railway company (jr east) stopped trains in niigata prefecture, including extensively damaged joetsu line, shinetsu main line, iiyama line, tadami line , echigo line. part of nagaoka station appeared ready collapse result of aftershock, after brief closure, station reopened.



soup distributed people left homeless earthquake


the section of joetsu shinkansen between echigo-yuzawa station , tsubame-sanjo station closed. buses transferred passengers between 2 operating sections of line: tokyo station echigo-yuzawa station , tsubame-sanjo station niigata station.



derailed joetsu shinkansen train several days after earthquake


on december 27, 2004, service resumed on remaining parts of joetsu , iiyama lines reopened. on december 28, 2004, joetsu shinkansen reopened, last so.


japan highways closed expressways in niigata prefecture. closures affected kanetsu expressway , hokuriku expressway. of november 4, kanetsu expressway remained closed between nagaoka interchange , koide interchange. segment reopened on november 5.


landslides , other problems forced closure of 2 national highways, national route 8 , national route 17, several prefectural roads. isolated several localities, including entire village of yamakoshi, village in district of koshi since merged , became part of city of nagaoka. on july 22, 2005, government lifted nine-month-old evacuation order 528 of 690 affected households.


the earthquakes caused landslide partially buried 3 vehicles. young boy rescued 1 of these vehicles, mother , sister perished. (recent typhoons had waterlogged soil, making landslides more likely.)


the quake broke water mains. extensive electric power, telephone (including cellular telephone) , internet outages reported. cellular telephone system suffered direct damage relay stations, depletion of battery back-up power supplies in little day.








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