Kobe *

Question 1

Mag

Answer 1

7.2

Question 2

Focus

Answer 2

14km

Question 3

Duration

Answer 3

20secs on hard rock, 2 mins on soft rock

Question 4

Time and Date

Answer 4

17th Jan 1995 at 5:46am

Question 5

Death and injury toll

Answer 5

4,571 died and 14,678 injured.60% of people who died were aged 60 or over.

Question 6

Buildings destroyed

Answer 6

over 100,000 buildings destroyed, only 20% usable after the event.

Question 7

People left homeless

Answer 7

300,000 people - 20% of the population.

Question 8

Money spent on predictions

Answer 8

Japan spends $135 million a year trying to predict earthquakes ad ha over 200 seismographs across the country

Question 9

Earthquake drills

Answer 9

Earthquake and fire drills occur four times a year in schools

Question 10

Building design

Answer 10

Most of new buildings were designed with shock absorbers, most were still standing after.

Question 11

Living in temporary housing

Answer 11

1 year on and 95,000 people were still living in temporary housing

Question 12

Accepting international help

Answer 12

There were delays in accepting help e.g. 2 days before they accepted aid from the USA.

Question 13

Foreign medical teams

Answer 13

Foreign medical teams not allowed access because they were not qualified to work in Japan.

Question 14

Troops helping with response

Answer 14

4 days after, there were 30,000 troops helping with the response.

Question 15

City’s power

Answer 15

Was out for 7 days.