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The Kobe Municipal Subway resumed operation the day after the earthquake with limited service between Seishin-Chuo and Itayado stations (along with the Hokushin Kyuko Electric Railway between Tanigami and Shin-Kobe). Service resumed across the entire line on February 16, 1995, with full service resuming a month later after repairs were completed.
Damage in Kobe An earthquake in Japan that occurred on Tuesday January 17, 1995 at 05:46 JST in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture. It measured M w 6.8 on the Moment magnitude scale , [57] and Mj7.3 on the revised (7.2 on the old) JMA magnitude scale. [58] The tremors lasted for approximately 20 seconds.
Nojima Fault (野島断層, Nojima Dansō) is a fault that was responsible for the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995 (Kobe Quake). [1] It cuts across Awaji Island , Japan and it is a branch of the Japan Median Tectonic Line which runs the length of the southern half of Honshu island. [ 2 ]
- 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 ...
In Japan, this earthquake is known as the Great Hanshin earthquake (or the Hanshin-Awaji earthquake). To commemorate Kobe's recovery from it, the city holds an event every December called the Luminarie, where the city center is decorated with illuminated metal archways.
Earthquake 11 Nov 1855: Tokyo: Also known as the great Edo earthquake. 6,434: Great Hanshin earthquake: Earthquake 17 Jan 1995: Awaji Island, near Kobe: Also known as the Kobe earthquake. 5,098: Typhoon Vera: Typhoon and tidal surge 26 Sep 1959: mainly, Ise Bay, Aichi Prefecture and Mie Prefecture: Also known as the Ise Bay Typhoon. 3,769: 1948 ...
The stories were written in response to Japan's 1995 Kobe earthquake, and each story is affected peripherally by the disaster.Along with Underground, a collection of interviews and essays about the 1995 Tokyo gas attacks, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, a complex exploration of Japan's modern history, after the quake represents part of an effort on the part of Murakami to adopt a more ...
The Japanese city of Kobe is rocked by the Great Hanshin earthquake, which destroys many of its buildings. Many traditional houses collapse due to the heavy roofs and weak walls. Soil liquefaction occurs at the coastal and port areas of Kobe. 6,434 people die in what is then Japan's worst peacetime disaster.