Kobe Earthquake (MEDC)

·       17th Jan 1995, 5:46am
·       7.6 magnitude on Richter scale
·       Destructive Plate Margin (Phillipine Plate subducted under Eurasion Plate)
·       Very populated and industrialised area (10 million people)

·       Traditional houses made of wood with slate roofs collapsed (7500)
·       Hanshin Expressway collapsed
·       Buildings, bridges and roads collapsed
·       Newer building designed for earthquakes survived, but older ones collapsed

·       5466 dead
·       300,000 homeless
·       Fires throughout city due to gas leaks
·       Not enough clean water until April 1995
·       Water used for fires came from the sea and sewage systems
·       £100 billion damage

·       Rescue trapped
·       Help injured
·       Put out fires
·       Food and Shelter

·       Self Defence Force sent in after 5 hours
·       It took 10 days to decide to give Kobe money
·       2 days before Kobe accepted help from the USA