Great Hanshin earthquake
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The Great Hanshin earthquake was a devastating 1995 seismic disaster in Japan that caused widespread destruction and loss of life, particularly in the city of Kobe.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earthquake
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natural disaster → seismic event → |
| affectedCity |
Ashiya
→
Kobe → Nishinomiya → Takarazuka → |
| affectedRegion |
Awaji Island
→
Hanshin region → |
| aftershocks |
numerous aftershocks over following months
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| alsoKnownAs |
1995 Kobe earthquake
→
Kobe earthquake → |
| buildingsDamaged |
hundreds of thousands
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| buildingsDestroyed |
over 100000
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| casualtiesDeaths |
approximately 6434
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over 6400 → |
| casualtiesInjured |
over 40000
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| country |
Japan
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| countryRankByDamage |
one of the costliest earthquakes in Japanese history
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| damagedInfrastructure |
Hanshin Expressway
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port of Kobe → railway lines in Kobe area → |
| date |
1995-01-17
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| depth |
approximately 16 km
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| displacedPeople |
over 300000
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| economicLoss |
over 10 trillion yen
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over 100 billion US dollars → |
| epicenter |
northern Awaji Island
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| faultType |
strike-slip fault
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| globalRankByDamage |
one of the costliest earthquakes worldwide
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| governmentResponse |
large-scale deployment of Self-Defense Forces
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| ledTo |
changes in urban planning in Kobe
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improvements in Japanese disaster management → revisions of Japan building codes → |
| localTime |
05:46:53
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| locatedIn |
Hyōgo Prefecture
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| magnitude |
6.9 MJMA
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7.3 Mw → |
| maximumIntensity |
JMA 7
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| notableFeature |
collapse of elevated expressways
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severe damage to modern urban infrastructure → |
| primaryDamageType |
fire
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infrastructure failure → structural collapse → |
| seismicZone |
boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate and Eurasian Plate
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| time |
05:46 JST
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| timeZone |
Japan Standard Time
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| triggered |
major fires in Kobe
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| year |
1995
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Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Great Hanshin earthquake
("Kobe earthquake")
→
Great Hanshin earthquake ("1995 Kobe earthquake") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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Port of Kobe
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damagedBy |
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Kobe
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facedMajorEarthquake |
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Port of Kobe
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historicalEvent |
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Heisei
("1995 Great Hanshin earthquake")
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notableEventDuringEra |