MEDC Earthquake: the Kobe Earthquake, 17 January 1995 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyCase studiesA2/A-levelAQA Created by: AednatCreated on: 08-04-13 19:42 What did the 1995 Kobe earthquake measure on the Richter scale? 7.2 1 of 19 If the Haiti earthquake of 2010 was 7.0 on the Richter scale, how many times bigger was the Kobe earthquake? 100 times bigger. 2 of 19 How many are estimated to have died? 5,000-6,500 3 of 19 How many are estimated to have been made homeless? 300,000 4 of 19 How many were injured (approximately)? 15,000 5 of 19 How many buildings collapsed? 67,421 6 of 19 Why did a lot of buildings collapse? Liquefaction; also, suburban houses were built with weak supports and heavy roofs. 7 of 19 What is the name of the fault that delivered seismicity to Kobe? Nojima fault 8 of 19 Who did Japan receive foreign aid off? It refused foreign aid. 9 of 19 What, like Haiti's earthquake, hindered initial progress being made? Poor communication services. 10 of 19 What was the depth of the earthquake? 16km 11 of 19 Was the earthquake a shallow-focus, intermediate-focus, or deep-focus quake? Shallow-focus. 12 of 19 What qualifies an earthquake to be shallow-focus? Under 30km depth. 13 of 19 What buildings is Japan careful to not build in earthquake-prone areas? Hospitals and schools. 14 of 19 Japanese government reacted by building 600 emergency shelters in Kobe: true or false? True. 15 of 19 Which two plates converging contributed to the earthquake? The Eurasian plate and the Philippine plate; the Philippine plate subducted beneath the Eurasian. 16 of 19 What is the estimated cost of the earthquake? $100 billion dollars. 17 of 19 Local convenience stores gave supplies and 1.2 million volunteers from nearby towns helped: true or false? True. 18 of 19 When did the earthquake happen? January 17, 1995, 05:46. 19 of 19
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