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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 ...
English: Map of Great Hanshin earthquake. 日本語: 兵庫県南部地震 （阪神・淡路大震災）の地図。 震度7の地域（震災の帯）、震源（震央）、震源域、野島断層の位置などを説明。
Earthquake [26] Date Magnitude Area of Intensity 7 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake: January 17, 1995 6.9 M w [27] Kobe, Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Takarazuka, Tsuna, Hokudan, Ichinomiya 2004 Chūetsu earthquake: October 23, 2004 6.6 M w: Kawaguchi 2011 Tōhoku earthquake: March 11, 2011 9.0 M w: Kurihara [28] 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes: April 14, 2016
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 ...
But while no two seismic events are directly comparable, earthquakes of similar force in other parts of the world — like a 7.6 magnitude quake that caused the collapse of over 30,000 buildings ...
Japan’s Meteorological Agency warns major quakes could hit the area over the next week
The 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that occurred on November 22, 1995, at 04:15 local time, in the eastern part of Egypt. At least 8 people were killed and 30 were injured in the epicentral region. Damage occurred in many parts of northeastern Egypt as far as Cairo.
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]