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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instanceOf earthquake
natural disaster
seismic event
affectedCity Ashiya
Kobe
Nishinomiya
Takarazuka
affectedRegion Awaji Island
Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area
surface form: Hanshin region
aftershocks numerous aftershocks over following months
alsoKnownAs Great Hanshin earthquake
surface form: 1995 Kobe earthquake

Great Hanshin earthquake
surface form: Kobe earthquake
buildingsDamaged hundreds of thousands
buildingsDestroyed over 100000
casualtiesDeaths approximately 6434
over 6400
casualtiesInjured over 40000
country Japan
countryRankByDamage one of the costliest earthquakes in Japanese history
damagedInfrastructure Hanshin Expressway
Port of Kobe
surface form: port of Kobe

railway lines in Kobe area
date 1995-01-17
depth approximately 16 km
displacedPeople over 300000
economicLoss over 10 trillion yen
over 100 billion US dollars
epicenter northern Awaji Island
faultType strike-slip fault
globalRankByDamage one of the costliest earthquakes worldwide
governmentResponse large-scale deployment of Self-Defense Forces
ledTo changes in urban planning in Kobe
improvements in Japanese disaster management
revisions of Japan building codes
localTime 05:46:53
locatedIn Hyogo Prefecture
surface form: Hyōgo Prefecture
magnitude 6.9 MJMA
7.3 Mw
maximumIntensity JMA 7
notableFeature collapse of elevated expressways
severe damage to modern urban infrastructure
primaryDamageType fire
infrastructure failure
structural collapse
seismicZone boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate and Eurasian Plate
time 05:46 JST
timeZone Japan Standard Time
triggered major fires in Kobe
year 1995

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Kobe facedMajorEarthquake Great Hanshin earthquake
Heisei notableEventDuringEra Great Hanshin earthquake
this entity surface form: 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake
Great Hanshin earthquake alsoKnownAs Great Hanshin earthquake
this entity surface form: Kobe earthquake
Great Hanshin earthquake alsoKnownAs Great Hanshin earthquake
this entity surface form: 1995 Kobe earthquake
Port of Kobe historicalEvent Great Hanshin earthquake
Port of Kobe damagedBy Great Hanshin earthquake
northern Awaji Island epicentralRegionOf Great Hanshin earthquake
subject surface form: Northern Awaji Island
northern Awaji Island earthquakeNameAssociated Great Hanshin earthquake
subject surface form: Northern Awaji Island
Rokkomichi Station damagedBy Great Hanshin earthquake
Himeji Castle survivedEvent Great Hanshin earthquake
Awaji Island significantEvent Great Hanshin earthquake
Tomiichi Murayama notableEventDuringTerm Great Hanshin earthquake
this entity surface form: Great Hanshin (Kobe) earthquake