Kobe, Japan MEDC 1995
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- Kobe, Japan January 1995 MEDC
- Immediate Effects?
- Over 5'000 killed and 40'000 seriously injured.
- 300'000 homeless.
- Gas mains ruptured and water pipes fractured = difficult to put out fires.
- Hanshin Expressway collapsed and railway lines buckled.
- Secondary Effects?
- $80 billion of damage.
- Many homes without water and electricity.
- People slept in tents in parks.
- Fires started because sparks from broken down power lines ignited the gas = many buildings set alight.
- Immediate responses?
- Japanese government evacuated people to temporary shelters.
- Fire and emergency services searched for survivors.
- Hospitals treated the injured.
- Most road connections repaired in a month.
- Long-term responses?
- Roads repaired.
- New buildings builg to modern 'earthquake proof' specifications.
- New buildings built further apart = prevent domino effect.
- Japanese now practice an earthquake drill every year.
- Measured 7.4 on Richter Scale. At junction of Philippines (oceanic) and Eurasian (continental) plates - destructive plate margin.
- Immediate Effects?
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