kobe EQ
- Created by: tasha.berkley
- Created on: 05-12-18 19:22
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- Kobe Earthquake
- Bachground
- 5 am,17th Jan, 1995, Japan.
- 7.3- richter scale
- 6th largest city in Japan.
- causes
- destructive plate boundaries.
- pacific
- Philippine
- eurasian
- friction- pressure builds up.
- destructive plate boundaries.
- Effects
- 6,500 killed; 30,000 injured; 300,000 homeles.
- £75 billion on repairs.
- fires, no water, no electricity, no gas.
- psychological tramua/ shock
- liquefaction
- response
- new emergency equipment
- local people helped direct traffic and search under rubble.
- meridian park- architecture built to withstand Eq and water surges.
- suspension bridge held too
- Bachground
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