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Late on night of May 27, 1995 (Japan time) an earthquake measuring Magnitude
of 7.6 on the Richter Scale shook the northern region of the province of Sakhalin,
Russia. It virtually annihilated the oil-well drilling town of Nefuchegolsk.
Japanese Maritime Safety Agency began gathering pertinent information Immediately
following the quake. In the midst of performing this task, it received requests
from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hokkaido prefectural government,
to transport of emergency relief supplies to the disaster area. The YS-11A aircraft
"OJIRO", stationed at the Chitose Air base of the 1st Regional Maritime Safety
Headquarters, flew medical equipment, foods, potable water, cold-weather gear
and other emergency relief supplies to Juzno-Sahalinsk twice, On May 30 and
31. In addition, the patrol vessels "Soya", on June 3, and "Rebun" on June 8,
transported emergency relief supplies to Korsakov. (picture)
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