The Deaths of People in the Kobe Earthquake
As a class we have been asked to investigate "Why did so many people
die in the Kobe earthquake?" In this project I will be covering:
1.Where, when and why the earthquake happened and which plates were
involved.
2.What the primary and secondary effects were.
3.How well prepared the Japanese people were for the earthquake.
4.How well people coped with the disaster.
5.How the Japanese authorities put thing's right afterwards.
To do this I will be using my class work and searching the internet to
help find pictures, diagrams and useful resources.
Where, when and why?
Where?
The earthquake happened in Kobe, in Japan, which is towards the south
of the island, underlined in red on the map below. Kobe is situated on
flat land between high mountains and the sea. It is an important route
centre because it has motorway (Hanshin Expressway) and intercity
('bullet train') railway lines passing through it and a large modern
port, which handles millions of tonnes of trade each year.
Japan
When?
At 5:46am (while many citizens were still asleep) on the 17th of
January, 1995 the huge earthquake struck measuring 7.2 on the Richter
scale. It was Japans largest earthquake since the one that hit Tokyo
in 1923! Seismic waves (travelling waves of energy) moved towards the
surface and disturbed buildings, roads, bridges, sewage systems and
main supplies of water, electricity and gas.
Why?
The earthquake happened because the Eurasian, Philippine Sea and
Pacific tectonic plates (sections of the earth's crust which float on
mantle) were all moving towards each ...
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...operly. It's
so simple; I don't know how they managed to go so wrong! If people
like me can understand and work out how to prepare for an earthquake,
then what kind of fools were running the country at the time and not
taking the right actions?!! And, who influenced them to do so?!
Overall, I think the Kobe earthquake was a complete disaster. It
wasn't anyone's fault that it happened, but if I had to blame anybody
for the high amount of deaths it would be the government. Even though
Japan has got loads and loads of money, they didn't spend it wisely
and because of it probably the whole population suffered in some way.
In my opinion they took careless, unthoughtful actions before hand,
without a backup plan, which cost thousands of people their lives,
which can never be repaid for, no matter how much money there is!
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