Kobe Earthquake
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- Created on: 11-05-18 14:01
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
POPULATION: 1.4 million
-Important industrial centre - port handled 30% of Japan’s commercial shipping
-Major transport corridor linking western and north-eastern Japan
-High economical importance
CAUSES:
Prediction was absent
Japan located along major subduction zone
DETAILS:
DATE:5:46am January 17th 1995
EPICENTRE: Shallow = 15km down.Northern part of Awaji Island
DEPTH: 16km below the earths surface
FOCUS: 20km south west Kobe
FORCE: 6.9 on the Moment Magnitude scale
GROUND MOTION:20…
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