Earthquake Japan
1995 Great Hanshin (Kobe) Earthquake
M6.9 earthquake beneath a dense urban area; one of the costliest disasters on record.
Background from Wikipedia
The Kobe earthquake, also known as the Great Hanshin Earthquake , occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region of Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum intensity of 7 on the JMA Seismic Intensity Scale. The tremors lasted for approximately 20 seconds. The hypocenter of the earthquake was located 17 km beneath its epicenter, on the northern end of Awaji Island, 20 km away from the center of the city of Kobe.
From the Wikipedia article “Kobe earthquake”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia's figures may differ from the sources cited on this page.
Sources & references
Impact figures
| Fatalities | 6,434 |
|---|---|
| Economic damage | $100,000,000,000 (nominal) |
| Region | Kobe, Hyogo |
Figures per cited sources; estimates for older events vary.
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