Kobe Earthquake Web LinksThe following web links give access to some useful sites which are based on the 1995 Kobe earthquake, or give information on the general causes and effects of earthquakes. Kobe Specific Resources General earthquake Links
Georesources - An excellent overview of the Kobe earthquake City of Kobe Website - Information about the city and archives of the 1995 earthquake (including images) Kobe: A summary of the 1995 earthquake - including some of the main effects. Kobe Earthquake: Lessons for Seattle - A superb website - looks at the Kobe earthquake and what lessons can be learnt from it for other cities (in this case Seattle) - there is a very good section on problems with the response which helps explain why so many died. It also shows what lessons need to be learnt for the future A simple introduction to the Kobe Earthquake Earthquake Effects - quite detailed but some useful information related to the Kobe earthquake (including some particularly useful images) Kobe Images - when the form appears, type in Kobe and click submit to get photographs related to the Kobe earthquake. Kobe Earthquake: An Urban Disaster - a detailed report but you can use it selectively - particularly the section on how damage to communications affected rescue operations. Key details of Kobe earthquake - useful key facts on magnitude, date and location of the quake including a seismogram! ( BUT includes some detailed information that is not helpful) The Earthquake Museum - a brief overview of the Kobe earthquake with some very useful general links and information on the causes and effects of earthquakes. Personal accounts of the Kobe earthquake - what did it feel like to be in the earthquake? Be Prepared - use website on ways to prepare for earthquakes General information on Earthquakes (including some references to Kobe)
USGS Earthquake Hazards Programme - general information on earthquakes, causes etc.. Earthquakes - general information about earthquakes, including causes, effects and measurements of earthquakes. Links page for earthquake Resources Tragic Lessons to be learnt Tragic Lessons to be learnt - an informative BBC newspaper articles with some references to Kobe. Looks at what lessons we can learn from past earthquakes, to try and minimise damage in future earthquakes. Back to Year 9 Assessment Homepage Background photographs: Collapse of the Hanshin Expressway in Nishinomiya and Story collapse in a modern building in the Sannomiya district of downtown Kobe. Photographs by Paul Somerville. http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/kobe.html 1995 Eos, Vol. 76, No. 6, February 7, 1995, pp. 49-51. © 1995 American Geophysical Union and two photographs from the City of Kobe Archives: http://www.city.kobe.jp/cityoffice/15/020/quake/95-96/disaster.html |
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