The Medical and Public Health Response to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in Japan: A Case Study in Disaster Planning
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health consequences and the response to the Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) earthquake, which struck on January 17,1995, at 5:46 a.m., at an epicenter about 15 km to the south west of Kobe city in western Japan (Figure 1). Since Japan lies on the intersection of four tectonic plates, it has been hit by a number of earthquakes throughout its history (Table 1). The Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake -of magnitude 7.2 on the Richter scale -was the most devastating disaster in postwar Japan, causing 5,488 deaths and more than 36,000 injuries, and leaving 320,000 people homeless. The earth quake revealed the wretched fragility of highly
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