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The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region known as Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum intensity of 7 on the JMA Seismic Intensity Scale (XI–XII on the Modified Mercalli ...
In Japan, the Shindo scale is commonly used to measure earthquakes by seismic intensity instead of magnitude. This is similar to the Modified Mercalli intensity scale used in the United States or the Liedu scale used in China, meaning that the scale measures the intensity of an earthquake at a given location instead of measuring the energy an earthquake releases at its epicenter (its magnitude ...
The 1995 Colima–Jalisco earthquake was an 8.0 M w earthquake which occurred on October 9, 1995, at 15:36 UTC, off the coast of Jalisco, Mexico, with least 49 people dead and 100 more injured. The earthquake triggered a tsunami, which affected a 200 km coast. [59] The Cihuatlan-Manzanillo area, Colima, was more severely affected than other areas.
A powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Monday, killing at least six people, destroying buildings and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes. Situated on the "Ring of Fire" arc of ...
Today, Japan has more than 270 buildings higher than ... The first real test of regulations arrived in 1995 when the Great Hanshin earthquake caused widespread destruction in the southern part of ...
Japan’s Meteorological Agency warns major quakes could hit the area over the next week
Damage in Sannomiya resulting from the Great Hanshin earthquake. Kasumigaseki Station, one of the many stations affected during the Sarin gas attack.. January 17 – The 6.9 M w Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
The massive earthquake reportedly killed at least 4 people, caused buildings to collapse and power to be knocked out. Multiple deaths reported following powerful earthquake in Japan Skip to main ...