Case study Kobe
- Created by: noahsam
- Created on: 27-03-17 16:15
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- MEDC Earthquake - Kobe
- 5.46 am on 17th January 1995
- Subduction of Philippines Plate under the Eurasion Plate along the Nojima fault line
- 7.2 on Richter Scale
- Tremors lasted 20 seconds
- 6343 people killed
- 40,000 seriously injured
- 200,000 buildings collapsed
- Bullet trains derailed
- 120 of 150 quays in the port of Kobe were destroyed
- 5 bridges collapsed
- Wooden buildings built on reclaimed land were subject to liquefaction
- 1 million homes without electricity for 10 days
- 2 million homes without water for 10 days
- 150 fires caused by ruptured gas mains.
- 7500 wooden houses destroyed
- 230000 people left homeless
- Shortages of clean water and food
- Train network grounded for 3 days
- Big companies eg Panasonic closed temporarily causing problems for the economy
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