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Great Hanshin earthquake - Wikipedia on Ask Jeeves
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Professor Katayama also wrote, "While our country was having a bubbling economy, we Japanese forgot to pay due attention to mother nature." Kobe Earthquake Video Clip;
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On Tuesday, January 17th 1995, at 5.46 a.m. (local time), an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 on the Richter Scale struck the Kobe region of south-central Japan.
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A massive quake destroys whole areas of Japan's industrial heartland, leaving many hundreds of people dead. ... But the Kobe earthquake was one of the worst in the country's history - 6,433 people died.
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1995 Kobe earthquake, Japan ... The 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake (M=6.9), commonly referred to as the Kobe earthquake, was one of the most devastating earthquakes ever to hit Japan;
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This map shows that the earthquake fault obliquely cut the north side of Awaji Island, and cossed the bay to run along the Honshu coast directly below the city of Kobe.
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Tectonic Setting of the Kobe Earthquake: This site provides maps and diagrams, along with explanations of the geographical causes underlying the quake – beware: It is quite technical!
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Kobe Earthquake in 1995 ... Immediately south of Osaka Bay is a fault called the Median Tectonic Line ( MTL) , and it was sudden movement along this fault that triggered the earthquake that hit Kobe.
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There are lots of resources as long as you use appropriate search strings: "Kobe earthquake" is a good one. An Image search on GOOGLE would also produce lots of useful images and maps.
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These two photographs show damage which resulted from the Kobe earthquake. This damage was in a rural area of Awaji Island.
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