What were the effects?
Primary Effects
Secondary Effects
Japan is a MEDC, so around the city of Kobe there are a lot more buildings, houses and people so the chances of the earthquake's damage are a lot higher than any natural hazards in a LEDC.
Primary Effects
- Nearly 200,000 Buildings collapsed, and also a 1km stretch of the elevated Hanshin Expressway and numerous bridges along 130km section of the bullet train route. (Socio-Economic)
- 120 of the 150 quays in the port of Kobe were destroyed (Economic)
- 5500 People killed (Social)
Secondary Effects
- Electricity, gas and water supplies were disrupted (Socio-economic)
- Fires caused caused by broken gas pipes and ruptured electricity mains raged for several day, destroying a further 7500 houses (social)
- Roads were at gridlock (Socio-economic)
- 230,000 people made homeless and had to live in temporary shelters. (social)
- Industries like Mitsubishi and Panasonic had to close down. (economic)
Japan is a MEDC, so around the city of Kobe there are a lot more buildings, houses and people so the chances of the earthquake's damage are a lot higher than any natural hazards in a LEDC.