What are the affects on roads from the kobe earthquake?

Answer 1

Over 200,000 buildings collapsed, killing 5,000 citizens making 300,000 homeless. Also many buildings sunk into the ground due to liquefaction. And the Hanshin expressway was virtually destroyed one of the best transportation routes in the Kansai region of Japan.

Answer 2

The earthquake hit at lunch time so people were cooking with charcoal stoves which then set fire soon there were firestorms sweeping cities like Yokohama and Tokyo. The earthquake and fires killed about 140,00 people with 40,000 missing and there was 70 to 80% of Tokyo and Yokohama destroyed. Plus there was a landslide and tsunami.

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Answer 3

1995 Kobe earthquake is also known as the Great Hanshin Earthquake. This devastating earthquake occurred on January 17, 1995 in the Southern part of Hyogo Prefecture. It lasted for 20 seconds and had a magnitude of Mw6.8 on Moment Magnitude Scale.

This earth quake had a terrible short term as well as long term affects. As common with such tragedies, the short term effects also convert to long term effects gradually. Same was the case with Kobe earthquake. Around 200,000 buildings collapsed, around 1 km of the express way collapsed and 120 quays were also destroyed. Apart from that in the short term the electricity supply was disrupted. The people were left outside as they were afraid to return home. There were 716 after shocks of this earthquake.

In the long term damage, there were 6434 people recorded to be dead. It also caused ten trillion yen of damage in Japan. Railways and roads were damaged. Kobe never regained its former position of world's busiest sea port. The Japanese Stock Market faced a decline.

Answer 4

Short term effects:

• 1/5 of Kobe was homeless (300,000 people)
• fires started from gas pipes. The major ones (about a dozen) were uncontrolable for 2-3 days!
• no gas, electricity, water
• broken water, gas, and sewage pipes leaked everywhere

Answer 5

-japan is closer to u.s.

-changed balance of planet.

-made japan 13 ft. wider.

-made days shorter by a couple millionths of a second.

Answer 6

7.2 on the Richter scale