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9 Cards in this Set
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when did it happen??
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January 17th 1995..!
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were did it happen??
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Kobe SW (south west of Japan..!
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3 key facts of what happened??
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>5500 killed and 300,000 homeless..!
>$100 billion damage >7.2 magnitude on the ricture scale..! |
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5 reasons of what caused it no.1??
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>3 crustal plates meet near Japan..!
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reason no.2??
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the phillippine plate was being subducted under Eurasion plate..!
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reason no.3??
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Friction between plates makes a earthquake..!
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reason no.4??
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semic shockwaves travled from Awaji islands along the Nojima fault to the city of kobe..!
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short term effects?? (Primary)
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>collapse of old buildings..!
>bridges collapsing..! >gas pipes and water pipes bursting..! >roads crumbling..! |
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long term effects?? (Secondry)
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>fires all over Kobe..!
>no water to put the fires out because of the bursting water pipes..! > |