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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 ...
The earthquake [62]) was a powerful magnitude 6.6 earthquake [63] [64] that occurred 10:13 a.m. local time (01:13 UTC) on July 16, 2007, in the northwest Niigata region of Japan. [63] Eleven deaths and at least 1,000 injuries have been reported, and 342 buildings were completely destroyed, mostly older wooden structures.
Deadliest earthquake Fatalities Magnitude Location Date 1901: 125 1901 Yunnan earthquake: 101 6.5 ... 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake: 6,433 6.9
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 ...
Japan’s Meteorological Agency warns major quakes could hit the area over the next week
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
Magnitude Property damage 1 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: Japan: 9.1 $360 billion [177] [178] 2 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake: Japan: 6.9 $200 billion [179] 3 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes: Turkey Syria: 7.8 $163.6 billion [180] [181] 4 2008 Sichuan earthquake: China 7.9 $150 billion [182] 5 2011 Christchurch earthquake: New Zealand 6. ...
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.