PUBLIC ROADS On-Line (Autumn 1996) - Aftermath of the Kobe Earthquake
Aftermath of the Kobe Earthquake by Hamid Ghasemi, Hisanori Otsuka, James D. Cooper, and Hiroyuki Nakajima On Jan. 17, 1995, the Hanshin/Awaji Earthquake struck the densely populated Kobe, Japan, area with a Richter magnitude 7.2. In terms of magnitude, this earthquake was not as large as some previous earthquakes in Japan. However, the close proximity of its epicenter to an urban area, along ...
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