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Japan 1995
Kobe
eq id
usp0006rew
region
Kobe
event date (dd/mm/yyyy)
17/01/1995
event time (local)
05:46
time zone (+- hours)
-9
depth (km)
22
magnitude
6.9
epicentre (lat long)
34.58 135.025
lat/long accuracy
Good
secondary effects
pde shaking deaths
5502
precision notes

Info from USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

6 wards of Kobe, towns of Ashiya, Nishinomiya (collectively the southern Hyogo prefecture)

All coordinates found in Google Earth, see individual study precision notes for details

Kobe 1995 Building Damage Studies
Kobe 1995 Casualty Studies
Key: Earthquakes
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