Buildings collapsed. The steel-reinforcement specifications in the 1960s regulations had already been discovered to be inadequate and revised several times, the latest revision being in 1981, which proved effective but only applied to new structures. Retailers such as Daiei and 7-Eleven used their existing supply networks to provide necessities in affected areas, while NTT and Motorola provided free telephone service for victims. The death toll of the disaster was around 6,434 – of which around 4,600 victims were from Kobe. One in five of the buildings in the worst-hit area were completely destroyed or uninhabitable after the disaster. The tremors lasted for approximately 20 seconds, and during this time the south side of the Nojima Fault moved 1.5m to the right and 1.2m downwards. Date: January 17, 1995 Time of Event: 5:46:58a.m. Death Toll Estimate in Japan Soars as Relief Efforts Intensify The scene in Natori, Japan, reflected the paralysis across the county on Sunday. The 1995 earthquake had inflicted the greatest loss of life and damage to buildings, roads, bridges and railways in Kobe and the coastal cities nearest to Awaji Island. [17] Even though less than half the port facilities had been rebuilt by that stage, within a year import volumes through the port had recovered fully and export volumes were nearly back to where they would have been without the disaster. The death toll from the first tremor and a long series of aftershocks could go much higher, Kobe officials said, as rescue teams continued to find bodies buried under the rubble of fallen homes. The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, under construction near the earthquake's epicenter, was undamaged but was reportedly lengthened by a full meter due to horizontal displacement along the activated tectonic fault. Japanese news media estimates of the death toll from the natural disasters ranged from 1,300 to 1,700, but the total could rise. The death toll is climbing by the hour after a powerful earthquake struck the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey and the Greek island of Samos. [5] Among major cities, Kobe, with its population of 1.5 million, was the closest to the epicenter and hit by the strongest tremors. The railways rebounded quickly after the quake, reaching 80% operability in one month. In the aftermath of the earthquake, only 30% of the Osaka-Kobe railway tracks were operational. On January 17, 1995, a major earthquake struck near Kobe, Japan, killing more than 6,000 and making more than 45,000 people homeless.4 6.8 on the USGS movement magnitude scale.). The Japanese port city hosted several events in tribute to the victims, although due to the state of emergency active across much of Japan … Turkish authorities said the death toll rose to at least 38 people from the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Friday night. The 2008 Szechuan earthquake in China and the 2005 Muzaffarabad earthquake in Pakistan each took over 80,000 lives. Japan’s National Police Agency reported Friday that 6,406 are confirmed dead, and 10,259 missing. The Great Hanshin earthquake (阪神・淡路大震災, Hanshin Awaji daishinsai), or Kobe 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. Discussions of Japan's "Lost Decade" tend towards purely economic analysis, and neglect the impact of the earthquake on the Japanese economy which at the time was already suffering from recession. The Great Hanshin earthquake, otherwise known as the Kobe earthquake, struck at 05.46 JST on 17 January 1995. The Japanese port city hosted several events in tribute to the victims, although due to the state of emergency active across much of Japan … The death toll of a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia's West Sulawesi province has risen to 73, with over 27,000 people taking shelters, the National Disaster Management Agency said on Sunday. Bangkok Desk, Jan 16 (efe-epa).- The death toll from a shallow magnitude-6.2 earthquake on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen to 42, with hundreds injured, the country’s disaster management agency said Saturday, as aftershocks continued amid rescue efforts. After the earthquake, seismic intensity observation in Japan was fully mechanized (from April 1996) and JMA seismic intensity Levels 5 and 6 were each divided into 2 levels (from October 1996). Death Toll from Indonesian Earthquake, Floods Grows to 96 Fars News Agency 02:45 18-Jan-21 Petone's wharf closed for up to six weeks Stuff.co.nz 02:26 18-Jan-21 Death Toll From Indonesian Earthquake, Floods Grows to 96, Reports Say Sputnik 02:03 18-Jan-21 The Meishin Expressway was only lightly damaged, but was closed during the day until February 17, 1995 so that emergency vehicles could easily access the hardest-hit areas to the west. Local hospitals struggled to keep up with demand for medical treatment, largely due to collapsed or obstructed "lifelines" (roads) that kept supplies and personnel from reaching the affected areas. To help speed the recovery effort, the government closed most of the Hanshin Expressway network to private vehicles from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm daily and limited traffic to buses, taxis and other designated vehicles. They had been trapped for 28 hours. The focus of the earthquake was located 17 km beneath its epicenter, on the northern end of Awaji Island, 20 km away from the center of the city of Kobe. Japan invested after 6,000 died in the Kobe earthquake,” Jones said referring to the 1985 8.1 magnitude Mexico City earthquake and the 6.7 earthquake that hit Japan in 1995. Japan earthquake and tsunami, severe natural disaster that occurred in northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, and killed at least 20,000 people. It spread toward the southwest along the Nojima Fault on Awaji and toward the northeast along the Suma and Suwayama faults, which run through the center of Kobe. 79,000 people were killed. The majority of deaths (over 4,000) occurred in cities and suburbs in Hyōgo Prefecture. This was Japan's worst earthquake in the 20th century after the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923, which claimed more than 105,000 lives. [18], The earthquake proved to be a major wake-up call for Japanese disaster prevention authorities. The death toll arising from the 6.2 magnitude earthquake which rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island, trapping dozens and injuring over 600 people in the process has risen from 34 to 42. The death toll reached 6,434. Nearly 27,000 people were injured, and more than 45,000 homes were … The Great Hanshin earthquake began north of the island of Awaji, which lies just south of Kobe. Evidence from the Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) Earthquake in 1995, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Hanshin_earthquake&oldid=1000907625, CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2021, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from February 2015, All articles needing additional references, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Internal link templates linking to redirects, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 January 2021, at 09:10. Matsuzaki rode his bicycle and kept rolling the video camera that day. The Great Hanshin Earthquake destroyed much of Kobe and its surrounding areas. The quake triggered approximately 300 fires,[3] which raged over large portions of the city. These earthquakes had a combined death toll … The Kobe earthquake, which shook the island nation of Japan on 17th January, 1995, is considered to be the second most disastrous earthquake that the country witnessed in the 20th century. Indonesian authorities said the death toll from a deadly earthquake that hit Sulawesi island in the darkness last week increased to 84 as the search for survivors and bodies continued. Earthquake death toll at 73 as Indonesia struggles with string of disasters Police and military officers have been deployed to crack down on looting in several parts of … The death toll reached 6,437, 2 and the number of injured was 43,792 (Hayashi, 2011). 1995: Earthquake devastates Kobe. The fact that volunteers from all over Japan converged on Kobe to help victims of the quake was an important event in the history of volunteerism in Japan. [24], 1995 earthquake centered near Kobe, Awaji Prefecture, Japan. Even at lower magnitudes – compared to mega thrust earthquakes such as the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake – they can be extremely destructive as their hypocenters are located less than 20km below the surface. Earlier it was reported about 42 fatalities and 637 those injured. The death toll in Indonesia is estimated at between 130,000 and 160,000 people, with an additional 500,000 people left homeless. It was 5100. Separately, the national disaster agency said at least eight people had died in an area south of Mamuju, a city of some 110,000 in West Sulawesi province, bringing the total death toll to 34. Around 190 people were seriously injured and 34 died in Mamuju regency, while … The death toll of the disaster was around 6,434 – of which around 4,600 victims were from Kobe. Hanshin refers to the region between Osaka and Kobe. The earthquake cost around ten trillion yen - $100bn (£66.3bn) – in damage, 2.5% of Japan's GDP at the time. Tokyo, Jan 17 (efe-epa).- Japan on Sunday remembered the more than 6,400 people killed by the 1995 Kobe earthquake on its 26th anniversary and amid restrictions to curb the Covid-19 epidemic. The Ground Self-Defense Forces were given automatic authority to respond to earthquakes over a certain magnitude, which allowed them to deploy to the Niigata region within minutes. Roughly 80% of the victims were crushed to death by collapsed houses and fallen furniture. The newly-completed artificial island supporting Kansai International Airport was not significantly affected, due to being further from the epicenter, and because it was built to the latest standards. Even at lower magnitudes, they can be very destructive because they often occur near populated areas and because their hypocenters are located less than 20 km below the surface. It occurred at 05:46 JMT, on 17th January, 1995, measured Mj7.3 on the JMA magnitude scale (i.e. Earthquakes of these types are especially frequent in the coastal regions of northeastern Japan. A giant crane pulls crushed cars out of debris in Kobe after the earthquake turned over an expressway, Family members walk through debris of burnt down houses on 18 January 1995, People pray for quake victims during a memorial service on 17 January 2014. The damage to highways and subways was the most graphic image of the earthquake, and images of the collapsed elevated Kobe Route of the Hanshin Expressway appeared on front pages of newspapers worldwide. It was the first time that an earthquake in Japan was officially measured at a seismic intensity (shindo in Japanese) of the highest Level 7 on the scale of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Jakarta (ANTARA) - The death toll in West Sulawesi's 6.2-magnitude earthquake ensued by several aftershocks that rattled Majene and Mamuju Districts on early Friday has climbed to 56, according to Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). The tremors lasted for approximately 20 seconds. A street leading from the Daimaru store in Motomachi to Higashi Yuenchi Park (next to Kobe city hall) is decorated with arches of multicoloured lights that were donated by the Italian government. In the scientific literature it is often called the 1995 Southern Hyōgo Prefecture Earthquake (平成7年(1995年)兵庫県南部地震, Heisei 7 nen (1995 nen) Hyōgo-ken Nanbu Jishin), the name chosen by the Japan Meteorological Agency in the week after the main shock. The Kōbe quake’s devastation included 40,000 injured, more than 300,000 homeless residents, and in excess of 240,000 damaged homes, with millions of homes in the region losing electric or … In Japan, the disaster by this earthquake is officially called The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster (阪神・淡路大震災, Hanshin-Awaji Daishinsai), which is often shortened to The Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster (阪神大震災, Hanshin Daishinsai). 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