Twenty-seven years have passed since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. Many people died to prevent furniture from tipping over.
At 5:46 on January 17, 1995, there was a magnitude 7.3 (*) earthquake with an epicenter at latitude 34 ° 36'N, longitude 135 ° 02'E, and depth 16km in the northern part of Awaji Island. Due to this earthquake, seismic intensity 6 was observed in Kobe and Sumoto, seismic intensity 5 was observed in Toyooka, Hikone, and Kyoto, and seismic intensity 4 was observed in Osaka, Himeji, Wakayama, etc. .. In addition, as a result of a damage situation survey conducted by the Japan Meteorological Agency Earthquake Mobile Observation Team immediately after the occurrence of this earthquake, it was found that the seismic intensity was 7 in some areas of Kobe City. Human casualties 6,434 people * Corrected on December 22, 2005
Injured 10,683 seriously injured Minor injuries 33,109 43,792 people in total http://www.bousai.go.jp/kyoiku/kyokun/hanshin_awaji/earthquake/index.html