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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 ...
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]
January 17, 1995: 7.3 M j: 6,434: Great Hanshin earthquake: 兵庫県南部地震 (阪神・淡路大震災) Hyōgoken Nanbu Jishin (Hanshin-Awaji Daishinsai ) northern end of Awaji Island: 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.
- 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 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.
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 ...
In 1995, this island was the epicenter of the Kobe earthquake, which killed over 5,502 people. The earthquake caused enormous damage around the northern part of the island, which experienced a severe earthquake with a seismic intensity 7. The earthquake has a seismic fault called Nojima Fault.
The Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995 occurred on the Nojima Fault, a branch of the MTL. Approximately 6,434 people lost their lives; about 4,600 of them were from Kobe. [7] It caused approximately ten trillion yen ($100 billion) in damage, 2.5% of Japan's GDP at the time.