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Remembering Kobe: ten years later

Source(s): United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Just ten years ago, on 17 January 1995, the city of Kobe was struck by a huge earthquake that killed 6,433 people and injured more than 40,000 people in 20 seconds. The earthquake was a traumatic experience for Japan and its people who realized too late that they were not prepared for such a massive quake.

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