kobe earthquake 1995
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Location: Kobe, Japan
Why???• Kobe lies on a
destructive margin where the two plates (the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine sea plate) moved towards each other until the Philippine plate moved moved under the Eurasian plate causing friction resulting in the earthquake.
Facts
• Happened on Tuesday 17th January at 5:46 Japan standard time
• Approximately 6,434 people
lost their lives • It caused $102.5 billion in
damages • It recorded 7.2 on the Richter
Scale
• It only lasted for 20 seconds
Primary Effects
200,000 bulidings
collapsed
120 of the 150 quays in
120 of the 150 quays in
the port of Kobe were
the port of Kobe were
destroyed
destroyed
collapse of 1 km of the Hanshin Expressway
Several bullet trains de-railed
Secondary Effects• Many systems
were shut down i.e gas, electric and water
Many blocked
roads delaying
ambulances and
fire engines
230,000 people left
homeless
Shortages of clean water and food
Wild Fire• After the quake a fire
spread through the city due to broken gas pipes and electricity wires
• It destroyed 7500 wooden houses.
• The fire was so great that at one stage the wall of flames was 400 metres plus in height
Response• After the quake there were
approximately 1.2 million volunteers involved in the relief efforts.
• It took about 3 months for everything to be back working i.e water, gas and electricity
• New plans have been made to make buildings more quake and fire proof buildings.
• More seismographs were installed to keep better track on how the earth was moving, so they can be prepared in case it happens again.
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