Earthquake — Japan: Sw Honshu: Kobe, Awaji-Shima, Nishinomiya

Name: Earthquake — Japan: Sw Honshu: Kobe, Awaji-Shima, Nishinomiya
Start: 1995-01-16
Location: Japan

16 Jan 1995 · Japan

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When: 16 Jan 1995
Kind: Earthquake
Magnitude: 6.9
Where: Japan
Coordinates: 34.59° N, 135.07° E
Deaths: 6434
Injuries: 43792
Damage musd: 100000
Houses destroyed: 186175
Intensity mmi: 11
Depth km: 17

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Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 6.9 Great Hanshin earthquake strikes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan with a maximum Shindo of 7, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 7,2 tritt nahe Kōbe, Japan auf, tötet 6.321 und verletzt über 32.000 Menschen sowie verursacht große Sachschäden”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “более 6400 человек погибли в результате мощного землетрясения, произошедшего в японском городе Кобе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Kōbe (Japón) se registra un terremoto de 6,9 que deja más de 6400 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “زلزال هانشين أواجي الكبير بقوة 6.7 ريختر يضرب مدينة كوبي في اليابان ويتسبب بمصرع 6434 شخص”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “日本發生神戶大地震，6000多人死亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “兵庫県南部地震（阪神・淡路大震災）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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