Back زلزال هانشين أواجي الكبير Arabic Böyük Hanşin zəlzələsi AZ Земетресение в Кобе (1995) Bulgarian মহা হানশিন ভূমিকম্প Bengali/Bangla Terratrèmol de Kobe Catalan Zemětřesení v Kóbe Czech Jordskælvet i Kobe den 17. januar 1995 Danish Erdbeben von Kōbe 1995 German Gran terremoto de Hanshin-Awaji Spanish Suur Hanshini maavärin ET
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| 兵庫県南部地震 阪神・淡路大震災 | |
 The damaged Kobe Route of the Hanshin Expressway | |
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   Kobe  Kobe | |
| UTC time | 1995-01-16 20:46:53 |
|---|---|
| ISC event | 124708 |
| USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
| Local date | January 17, 1995 |
| Local time | 05:46:53 JST |
| Duration | ~20 seconds |
| Magnitude | 7.3 MJMA 6.9 Mw[1] |
| Depth | 17.6 km (10.9 mi)[1] |
| Epicenter | 34°35′N 135°04′E / 34.59°N 135.07°E[1] |
| Fault | Nojima |
| Type | Strike-slip[2] |
| Areas affected | Japan |
| Total damage | $200 billion (USD)[3] |
| Max. intensity | JMA 7 (MMI XI–XII)[4][5] |
| Peak acceleration | 0.91 g 891 gal |
| Casualties | 5,502–6,434 killed[2] 36,896–43,792 injured[2] 251,301–310,000 displaced[2] |
The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region known as Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum intensity of 7 on the JMA Seismic Intensity Scale (XI–XII on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale).[6] The tremors lasted for approximately 20 seconds. The focus of the earthquake was located 17 km beneath its epicenter, on the northern end of Awaji Island, 20 km away from the center of the city of Kobe.
At least 5,000 people died as a result of this earthquake; about 4,600 of them were from Kobe.[7] Among major cities, Kobe, with its population of 1.5 million, was the closest to the epicenter and hit by the strongest tremors. This was Japan's second deadliest earthquake in the 20th century after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, which claimed more than 105,000 lives.[8]
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- ^ International Seismological Centre. Bulletin of the ISC. Thatcham, United Kingdom. [Event 124708].
- ^ The City of Kobe (January 1, 2009). "Statistics" (PDF). The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: Statistics and Restoration Progress. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 26, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
- ^ Kobe City FIRE Bureau (January 17, 2006). "被害の状況". 阪神・淡路大震災. Kobe City Fire Bureau. Archived from the original on April 14, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
- ^ "Japan remembers more than 6,400 victims of Kobe earthquake after 22 years". EFE. January 17, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2020.