Earth Chronicles (2017) harvtxt error: no target: CITEREFEarth_Chronicles2017 (help) attributes the fatality numbers to the Russian Ministry of Emergencies. The ISC, without citing a source, says "[a]s many as 1,989 people killed" (ISC-EHB Event 106336 [IRIS].) Other sources attribute the "more than 2000" number to Japanese language sources.