Great Hanshin earthquake

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The Great Hanshin earthquake was a devastating 1995 seismic disaster in Japan that caused widespread destruction and loss of life, particularly in the city of Kobe.

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Generate an image of the Great Hanshin earthquake (The Great Hanshin earthquake was a devastating 1995 seismic disaster in Japan that caused widespread destruction and loss of life, particularly in the city of Kobe.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earthquake ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
seismic event ⓘ
affectedCity Ashiya ⓘ
Kobe ⓘ
Nishinomiya ⓘ
Takarazuka ⓘ
affectedRegion Awaji Island ⓘ
Hanshin region ⓘ
aftershocks numerous aftershocks over following months ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1995 Kobe earthquake ⓘ
Kobe earthquake ⓘ
buildingsDamaged hundreds of thousands ⓘ
buildingsDestroyed over 100000 ⓘ
casualtiesDeaths approximately 6434 ⓘ
over 6400 ⓘ
casualtiesInjured over 40000 ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
countryRankByDamage one of the costliest earthquakes in Japanese history ⓘ
damagedInfrastructure Hanshin Expressway ⓘ
port of Kobe ⓘ
linked to: Port of Kobe

railway lines in Kobe area ⓘ
date 1995-01-17 ⓘ
depth approximately 16 km ⓘ
displacedPeople over 300000 ⓘ
economicLoss over 10 trillion yen ⓘ
over 100 billion US dollars ⓘ
epicenter northern Awaji Island ⓘ
faultType strike-slip fault ⓘ
globalRankByDamage one of the costliest earthquakes worldwide ⓘ
governmentResponse large-scale deployment of Self-Defense Forces ⓘ
ledTo changes in urban planning in Kobe ⓘ
improvements in Japanese disaster management ⓘ
revisions of Japan building codes ⓘ
localTime 05:46:53 ⓘ
locatedIn Hyōgo Prefecture ⓘ
linked to: Hyogo Prefecture
magnitude 6.9 MJMA ⓘ
7.3 Mw ⓘ
maximumIntensity JMA 7 ⓘ
notableFeature collapse of elevated expressways ⓘ
severe damage to modern urban infrastructure ⓘ
primaryDamageType fire ⓘ
infrastructure failure ⓘ
structural collapse ⓘ
seismicZone boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
time 05:46 JST ⓘ
timeZone Japan Standard Time ⓘ
triggered major fires in Kobe ⓘ
year 1995 ⓘ

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Kobe → facedMajorEarthquake → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
Heisei → notableEventDuringEra → 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
linked to: Great Hanshin earthquake
Great Hanshin earthquake → alsoKnownAs → Kobe earthquake ⓘ
linked to: Great Hanshin earthquake
Great Hanshin earthquake → alsoKnownAs → 1995 Kobe earthquake ⓘ
linked to: Great Hanshin earthquake
Port of Kobe → historicalEvent → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
Port of Kobe → damagedBy → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
Northern Awaji Island → epicentralRegionOf → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Awaji Island
Northern Awaji Island → earthquakeNameAssociated → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Awaji Island
Rokkomichi Station → damagedBy → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
Himeji Castle → survivedEvent → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
Awaji Island → significantEvent → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
Tomiichi Murayama → notableEventDuringTerm → Great Hanshin (Kobe) earthquake ⓘ
linked to: Great Hanshin earthquake
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan → facedEvent → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
Nojima Fault → notableEvent → 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
linked to: Great Hanshin earthquake
Nojima Fault → rupturedIn → 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
linked to: Great Hanshin earthquake
Nojima Fault → associatedWith → Kobe earthquake ⓘ
linked to: Great Hanshin earthquake
神戸市 → historicalEvent → 阪神・淡路大震災 ⓘ
linked to: Great Hanshin earthquake
Kobe Luminarie → commemorates → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
Kobe Luminarie → relatedTo → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
Nagata-ku, Kobe → event → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
Nojima Fault Preservation Museum → openedAfter → 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake ⓘ
linked to: Great Hanshin earthquake
Nojima Fault Preservation Museum → relatedEvent → 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake ⓘ
linked to: Great Hanshin earthquake
Paper Log House → deployedAfter → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
Paper Church in Kobe → significantEvent → Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ