The Yomiuri Shimbun A person touches inscriptions on a memorial to the victims of the disaster in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Friday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 11:54 JST, January 17, 2025 (updated at ...

KOBE: Thousands of people marked on Friday (Jan 17) the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled much of the Japanese city of Kobe. The 7.2-magnitude quake ...

The 7.2-magnitude quake on January 17, 1995, sparked a major review of quake preparedness in the island nation that suffers about one fifth of the world's most powerful tremors. Mourners observed ...

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In 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing about 5,500 people. In 1996, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman was sentenced to life in prison and 16 others were also ...

In total, seismically upgrading the bridge could cost over $217 million, the report states. "Vancouver is in an active seismic region that could be impacted by an earthquake at any time," it says.

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Sunflowers growing in an empty plot of land in the city of Kobe, where a home once stood before a massive earthquake 30 years ago, have spread throughout the country as a symbol of reconstruction ...

Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled much of the Japanese city of Kobe. The 7.2-magnitude quake on January 17, ...