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Kobe Earthquake
CASE STUDY
5
Geography
11th Grade
05/19/2015

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Term
Date & Time

Epicentre

Magnitude
Definition
05:46 17th January 1995

Awaji Island

7.2 Richter scale
Term
Primary Effects
Definition

6434 dead
300,000 homeless

 102,000+ buildings destroyed

Centre liquified

Buildings toppled sideways

Raised roads collapsed

Term
Secondary Effects
Definition

$220 billion to rebuild basics

300+ fires took 2 days to put out and burnt 7500 homes

No gas / heating

Term

Responses:


Short Term

Definition

People evacuated to temporary shelters

Emergency rations provided

Building rubble cleared

7-eleven provided food

80% railways in operation after 1 month

Term

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Long term

Definition

Water / electricity / gas working in 6 months

New buildings further apart with flexible frames

14 months bridges repaired

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