kl; the Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster: At 5:46:51 AM, on January 17, 1995, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred around Kobe City in Japan. The earthquake magnitude was defined by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The earthquake was named “the 1995 South Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake” (or the 1995 Hyogoken Nanbu Earthquake) by JMA. It was also referred to as “the Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster” by the Japanese government. For more information about the earthquake, please read the report at http://geoinfo.usc.edu/gees/Reports/Report3/japan/KOBE.HTML. A photo collection of the earthquake can be found at http://www.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/directory/eqb/photo/shindo/Eng/. Information about the City of Kobe can be found at http://www.city.kobe.jp/index-e.html.
