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Wikipedia: The Great Hanshin earthquake, or Kobe earthquake, was an earthquake that occurred on Tuesday, January 17, 1995, at 05:46 JST in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It measured 6.8 on the Moment magnitude scale, and Mj7.3 (adjusted from 7.2) on JMA magnitude scale. The tremors lasted for approximately 20 seconds.
![[A section of the Nojima Fault]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nojima_fault_top_view_s.jpg "A section of the Nojima Fault")
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![[Houses destroyed]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kobe34_s.jpg "Houses destroyed")
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![[Local memorial in Kobe]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Japan_Trip_282271_29_s.jpg "Local memorial in Kobe")
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