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when did it happen??
January 17th 1995..!
were did it happen??
Kobe SW (south west of Japan..!
3 key facts of what happened??
>5500 killed and 300,000 homeless..!
>$100 billion damage
>7.2 magnitude on the ricture scale..!
5 reasons of what caused it no.1??
>3 crustal plates meet near Japan..!
reason no.2??
the phillippine plate was being subducted under Eurasion plate..!
reason no.3??
Friction between plates makes a earthquake..!
reason no.4??
semic shockwaves travled from Awaji islands along the Nojima fault to the city of kobe..!
short term effects?? (Primary)
>collapse of old buildings..!
>bridges collapsing..!
>gas pipes and water pipes bursting..!
>roads crumbling..!
long term effects?? (Secondry)
>fires all over Kobe..!
>no water to put the fires out because of the bursting water pipes..!
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