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Event:
EQ Earthquake
Number:
1995-000003
Country:
JPN Japan
Location:
Hyogo
Date (YMD):
1995-1-17
Time:
Duration:
Magnitude:
Information Source:
White Paper on Disaster Management, the National Land Agency (currently Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) Japan
Comments:
The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake occurred on January 17, 1995 in the southern part of Hyogo Prefecture. Approximately 6,434 people (final estimate as of 2006), mainly in Kobe, lost their lives as a result of the earthquake. It measured 7.2 on the Richter magnitude scale.
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