Around 310,000 people were made homeless while around 6,000 people died and 26,000 people were injured.
Earthquake in Kobe Japan (MEDC) 1995.
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WELL FIRST OF ALL THIS IS HATAKO AND HERE IS A MINI PAPER ABOUT IT The Great Hanshin Earthquake which is also known as the 1995 Kobe, japan earthquake is one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes . It was originally a 7.2 earthquake but was later don graded to a 6.8 magnitude earthquake. More than 26,000 people were injured and 5,500 people died and 100,100 buildings were destroyed. It lasted for exactly 20 seconds. The earthquake was put in the Guinness Book of World Records, as the "costliest natural disaster to befall any one country"
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The Kobe earthquake occurred on Jan 17th 1995 at 5.46 am. It mesured about 7.2 on the Richter scale.· The earthquake took place in Kobe, 1995· On the moment magnitude scale the kobe earthquake is 6.8,· and mij 7.3 on the revised 7.2 on the old JMA magnitude with tremors that just lasted 20 seconds.· Hundreds of people are feared dead and thousands injured after a powerful earthquake struck Japan at dawn
People were homeless and some died
around 300,000 people were homless
The Kobe earthquake in 1995 destroyed more than 102,000 buildings and left 300,000 people homeless. The cost estimate to restore the basic infrastructure of the city was 150-million dollars. This was just for state owned buildings and services alone. The Kobe earthquake is the most expensive natural disaster in modern history. The earthquake lasted only 20-seconds.
Approx. 6400 people died in the Kobe earthquake most suffocated or were burnt to death in the flames that spread through Kobe on the 17th January 1995. So far the amount of people that have died in the Japanese earthquake is 10,000 people.
The Earthquake of Kobe occurred in Japan in 1995.
The Kobe earthquake occurred in Japan in the year 1995.
Its called the Kobe earthquake
The 1995 Kobe, Japan earthquake killed around 6000 people, while the Northridge, California earthquake only resulted in around 60 fatalities.
Earthquake in Kobe Japan (MEDC) 1995.
businesses were closed for months people homeless lack of transport links international aid
The 1995 Kobe earthquake was a magnitude 7.2. It lasted approximately 20 seconds, and because it was a strong, shallow quake it led to the death of 5100 people.
January 17 1995