Location

St. Louis, Missouri

Presentation Date

05 Apr 1995, 6:30 pm - 6:45 pm

Abstract

An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck Kobe area at 5:46:51 am, on 17th January, 1995. The earthquake was named "South Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake" by Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and also named "The great Hanshin Earthquake" by the government. The epicenter of the main shock was located by Kyoto Univ. and Nagoya Univ. to be at latitude 34.641°N, longitude 135.179°E, and depth 13.3km. The seismic intensity at the center of Kobe city was announced to be 7 in Japanese scale (by JMA) which was the highest ever experienced in Japan.

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Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Meeting Name

3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

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© 1995 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.

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Acceleration Distribution and Fault Location During Kobe Earthquake

St. Louis, Missouri

An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck Kobe area at 5:46:51 am, on 17th January, 1995. The earthquake was named "South Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake" by Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and also named "The great Hanshin Earthquake" by the government. The epicenter of the main shock was located by Kyoto Univ. and Nagoya Univ. to be at latitude 34.641°N, longitude 135.179°E, and depth 13.3km. The seismic intensity at the center of Kobe city was announced to be 7 in Japanese scale (by JMA) which was the highest ever experienced in Japan.