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  2. Robocup Rescue Simulation - Wikipedia

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    Robocup Rescue Simulation is an education and research project intended to promote the development of robotic agents for search and rescue. [1] The project was initiated in reaction to the Great Hanshin earthquake, which hit Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on 17 January 1995, killing more than six thousand people, most of them in the city of Kobe.

  3. The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Disaster ...

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    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.

  4. Great Hanshin earthquake - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. How Japan spent more than a century earthquake-proofing its ...

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    Take the Toji temple’s 180-foot (55-meter) tall pagoda, constructed in the 17th century near Kyoto — it famously emerged intact from the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake, also known as the Kobe ...

  6. Shigeru Ban - Wikipedia

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    In 1995, the magnitude 7.2 Great Hanshin earthquake devastated Kobe, Japan, which offered a reconstruction project to Ban. [13] pg173 Not only are the temporary shelters very cheap and easy to develop as they incorporate community participation, but they offer more versatile living conditions compared to traditionally used tents. The 16-square ...

  7. Factbox-Major earthquakes in Japan since Kobe disaster of 1995

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    - 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 ...

  8. E-Defense - Wikipedia

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    The 3-D Full-Scale Earthquake Testing Facility [1] or E-Defense (Japanese: E-ディフェンス) is an earthquake shaking table facility in Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. [2] Operated by the Japanese National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), [ 3 ] it was the largest 3D earthquake shake table in the world ...

  9. Kobe Luminarie - Wikipedia

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    Kobe Luminarie (神戸ルミナリエ) is a light festival held in Kobe, Japan, every December since 1995 to commemorate the Great Hanshin earthquake of that year. [1] The lights were donated by the Italian Government and the installation itself is produced by Valerio Festi [ 2 ] and Hirokazu Imaoka. [ 3 ]