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9 Cards in this Set
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Where is Kobe? |
South Japan on Main island of Honshu |
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When was the Earthquake? |
January 1995 |
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How many killed? How many seriously injured? How many made homeless? (primary effects) |
over 6000 over 40,000 over 300,000 |
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How powerful was the earthquake? |
Magnitude 7.2 |
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why did fires start and why were they hard to put out? (primary effects) |
broken power lines ignited the gas that had leaked from broken gas pipes. Hard to put out because water pipes were broken. |
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How many billions of damage? (secondary effects) |
$220 billion |
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how long were some houses without water and electricity? (secondary effects) |
up to 10 days |
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Short term responses? (6) |
- Government evacuated people to shelters - Emergency services searched for survivors - Hospitals treated injured - Motorola maintained phone connections for free - bulldozers brought in to clear up -railway connections repaired within a month |
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Long term responses? (7) |
-Power back in operation withing 1 year - roads repaired - New building built earthquake proof - Buildings built further apart to stop domino effect - High rises built with flexible steel frame - rubber blocks under bridges to absorb energy - earthquake drill every year put in place |
