Victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake cleaning up collapsed houses in Mikagehonmachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan.
At 5:46 a.m. on January 17, 1995 (Heisei 7) At 5:46 a.m. on January 17, 1995, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Hanshin area, with its epicenter on Awaji Island. The earthquake caused damage in 12 prefectures, mainly in Hyogo and Osaka prefectures, leaving 5,348 dead and 33,222 injured. The number of dead was 5,348, injured 33,222, and the number of collapsed or damaged houses 109,464 (as of February 15 of the same year). The number of houses destroyed or damaged was 109,464 (as of February 15, 2011).
A victim clears up a collapsed house in Mikage Honmachi, Higashinada Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, January 2-6, 1995. The Great Hanshin Earthquake" in Sunday Mainichi's extra edition, February 18, 1995, p. 26. February 18, 1995, p. 26.
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