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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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.

  4. Meriken Park - Wikipedia

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    The park features the Kobe Port Tower, Kobe Maritime Museum, and a memorial to victims of the Great Hanshin earthquake. The name of the park comes from the word "American," which was commonly translated as "Meriken" during the Meiji era. [1] Meriken Park is also the location of the Hotel Okura Kobe and Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel.

  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. 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 ]

  7. List of Seconds from Disaster episodes - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. 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.

  9. 1990s in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Great Hanshin Earthquake, which occurred on January 17, 1995, in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, was a devastating event. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum intensity of 7 on the JMA Seismic Intensity Scale.