GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The quake had a moment magnitude of 6.9 and cost more than $100 billion in damage. The Kobe government spent years constructing new facilities to attract back the 50, 000 people who left after the quake. large settlement with a high population density.

Detailed explanation-2: -It lasted about 20 seconds and registered as a magnitude 6.9 (7.3 on the Richter scale). Its epicentre was the northern part of Awaji Island in the Inland Sea, 12.5 miles (20 km) off the coast of the port city of Kōbe; the quake’s focus was about 10 miles (16 km) below the earth’s surface.

Detailed explanation-3: -The earthquake, which had registered 7.3 on the Richter scale, cost 6, 432 lives, resulted in 43, 792 injured, and damaged 639, 686 buildings, of which 104, 906 were completely destroyed [1]. The Kobe earthquake was responsible for one of the largest direct economic losses due to a natural hazard in recorded human history.

Detailed explanation-4: -The population of Kobe dropped by about 10 percent in 1995 as many left the area-some to stay with friends and relatives, while others were relocated. That 1995 population only fully recovered 10 years later.