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Kobe Earthquake 1995
Title: Kobe Earthquake 1995
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 846 | Pages: 3.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Kobe Earthquake 1995
Introduction to Earthquakes
Earthquakes are natural hazards, which occur on plate margins. Earthquakes are the result of plate movements. The strain builds up along the fault line between two plates until they move causing earthquakes.
So why did the Kobe earthquake happen?
Japan is at a high risk to earthquakes. Kobe is no exception. Japan’s second most major port is situated on a minor fault, the Nojma Fault. Unfortunately it lies above a destructive …showed first 75 words of 846 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 846 total…designs i.e. strengthen the foundations of buildings and change the wooden houses into strong concrete ones. Also better emergency preparedness, e.g. after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 an entirely independent water system for fire fighting, with its own reservoirs was installed. Safer building standards should also be recognised.
However, you cannot just prevent an earthquake from occurring, so maybe if Japan adopted some of these ideas damage could be restricted in the future.
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