Citation

Okimura T, Takada S, Koid TH. Nat. Hazards 1996; 14(1): 39-71.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00229911

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

On 17 January 1995, a big earthquake, registering magnitude 7.2 on the Richter scale hit the western part of Japan, claiming 6,048 lives, injuring at least 34 900 people, and destroying properties and infrastructures, causing an estimated damage of between 95 to 140 billion U.S. dollars. This paper gives a detailed description of the disaster and attempts to provide a scientific explanation to the disaster.

Language: en