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The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST 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 intensity scale). [6]
The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (阪神・淡路大震災記念 人と防災未来センター) is the earthquake disaster memorial museum that located in Chūō-ku, Kobe (HAT Kobe), Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan.
The video shared on Facebook, however, does not show any damage caused by either of those aftershocks. Each of the clips in the montage circulated days, months or years before the date of the post.
Seismic observations in Japan began in 1872. In 1884, Sekiya Seikei, Director of the Earthquake Division under the Home Ministry, compiled the 18-article "Earthquake Report Guidelines" and initiated data collection from 600 county offices nationwide. This was Japan’s first unified seismic intensity scale.
- On Jan. 16, 1995, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 hit central Japan, devastating the western port city of Kobe. The worst earthquake to hit the country in 50 years killed more than 6,400 ...
The Japan News likewise reported that the video shows dashcam footage of shaking in Ishikawa, a prefecture in Japan, from the 7.5-magnitude Noto Peninsula earthquake on New Year's Day 2024.
1995 Kobe earthquake; 2000 Tottori earthquake; 2001 Geiyo earthquake; 2003 Tokachi earthquake; 2003 Miyagi earthquakes; 2005 Fukuoka earthquake; 2005 Miyagi earthquake; 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake; 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake; 2007 Kuril Islands earthquake; 2007 Noto earthquake; 2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake; 2009 Shizuoka ...
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