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Japan's Deadly Gap in Earthquake Preparedness
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Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: Data Summary |
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Main shock |
5:46 AM 17 Jan 1995 |
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Magnitude |
7.2 on Richter scale |
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Aftershocks |
716 by 10AM 18 Jan (noticeable shocks: 74) |
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Total Financial Loss (Feb 1995 estimate) |
approx. 9.6 trillion yen (US$90 billion) |
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Deaths |
6430 |
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Injuries |
43,782 |
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Missing |
3 |
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Damaged housing |
249,155 houses (457,905 households) |
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Lifeline Services Extent of Cut Off |
Service Resumption Date for Kobe |
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Electricity |
1 million households cut off |
23 Jan 1995 |
resumed 7 days after quake |
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Gas |
860,000 households cut off |
11 April 1995 |
resumed 85 days after quake |
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Water |
1.3 million households cut off |
17 April 1995 |
resumed 91 days after quake |
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Telephone |
300,000 lines cut off |
31 Jan 1995 |
resumed 15 days after quake |
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Industrial Water |
10 April 1995 |
resumed 84 days after quake |
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Sewerage |
31 May 1995 |
resumed 135 days after quake |
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Waste Incineration |
20 Feb 1995 |
resumed 35 days after quake |
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Transportation Network Restoration |
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Hanshin Expressway |
Date Fully Restored |
Railway/Bus Lines |
Date Fully Restored |
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#3 Kobe Line, complete route reopened |
30 Sept. 1996 |
JR Sanyo Shinkansen |
8 April 1995 |
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-- Mukogawa-Tsukimiyama section |
3 Sept. 1996 |
JR Tokaido and Sanyo lines |
1 April 1995 |
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-- Maya Ramp-Kyobashi Ramp |
19 Feb. 1996 |
Hankyu Railway |
12 June 1995 |
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-- Yanagihara Ramp-Kyobashi Ramp |
17 July 1996 |
Sanyo Railway |
18 June 1995 |
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-- Maya Ramp-Fukae Ramp |
10 Aug. 1996 |
Kobe Railway |
22 June 1995 |
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-- Tsukimiyama Ramp-Yanagihara Ramp |
31 Aug. 1996 |
Hanshin Railway |
26 June 1995 |
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-- Fukae Ramp-Mukogawa Ramp |
30 Sept. 1996 |
Hokushin Railway |
18 Jan. 1995 |
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#5 Osaka Bay Route, completely reopened |
1 Sept. 1995 |
Kobe Municipal Subway |
16 Feb. 1995 |
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-- route to Rokko Island |
1 July 1995 |
-- All stations reopened |
31 Mar. 1995 |
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Other Roads/Bridges |
Date Fully Restored |
Kobe Rapid Transit |
13 Aug. 1995 |
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Harbor Highway |
24 Aug. 1995 |
-- Daikai Station |
17 Jan. 1996 |
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Rokko Island-Takane |
28 Sept. 1995 |
Portliner |
31 July 1995 |
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Takaha-Maya |
1 Nov. 1995 |
Rokkoliner |
23 Aug. 1995 |
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Kobe Ohashi Bridge |
4 Aug. 1995 |
Municipal bus operation resumed ( all 73 lines) |
22 June 1995 |
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Port Island-Maya |
24 Aug. 1995 |
-- At peak, railway substitute bus carried 220,000 people daily |
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Kobe Ohashi Bridge, all 4 lanes restored |
4 July 1996 |
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Maya Ohashi Bridge |
1 Aug. 1995 |
Sources: Kobe, City of. [1999] 'The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: statistics and restoration progress.' (1 July 1999) Kobe: City of Kobe (see esp. table 2.9). Prime Minister's Office, Secretariat of the Headquarters for Reconstruction of the Hanshin-Awaji Area. [1999] 'Damage caused by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the current status of reconstruction.' (June 1999) Tokyo: Prime Minister's Office. Tsumura, Takashi. [1995] 'Information about the earthquake: report from Kobe.' (22 Jan 1995) http://www.greenbar.org/archive/tsumura/tsumura.htm |
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Rokko Ohashi Bridge |
28 Sept. 1995 |
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Hamate Bypass: |
4 July 1996 |
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-- restored 1 lane in each direction |
2 May 1996 |
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Emergency restoration of main ordinary roads: (excluding collapsed bridges & overpasses) |
23 Jan. 1995 |
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Route 28 (Daikai Station restoration) |
late 1995 |
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Kobe-Akashi line (Nishidai overhead bridge) |
16 June 1997 |
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