Which Happened First?

Great Hanshin Earthquake

Great Hanshin Earthquake
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The Kobe earthquake, also known as the Great Hanshin Earthquake , occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region of Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum intensity of 7 on the JMA Seismic Intensity Scale.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. 1989 Loma Prieta earthquakeOctober 17, 1989
  2. 1994 Northridge earthquakeJanuary 17, 1994
  3. Great Hanshin Earthquake (this page)January 17, 1995
  4. 1999 İzmit earthquakeAugust 17, 1999
  5. 1999 Jiji earthquakeSeptember 21, 1999
  6. 2001 Gujarat earthquakeJanuary 26, 2001

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