Because of the strong earthquake that centered on land with a depth of 16 km, the Japanese people call it the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earhquake. However, Japan is now more powerful quake hit again, which occurred in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan.
Researchers from Tokyo's Earthquake Research Institute, Satoko Oki, said, Miyagi earthquake is estimated that nearly 1,000 times more powerful than the Kobe quake, 500 km south of Tokyo. In magnitute too, the last earthquake has the power 9 SR.
"Magnitute 8.8 (now revised to 9) is really a big earthquake. This is also the largest earthquake ever measured in the vicinity of Japan," he said.
For your information, after the deadly earthquake in Kobe, Japan established the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DR-HRI). DR-HRI occupies a Kobe-storey building overlooking the sea. To his right, there is a building Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRD), which consists of 28 countries in Asia.
16 Year passed, people think Kobe has recovered from a traumatic effect the devastating earthquake. High-rise buildings already many stands grandly in the city harbor. Infrastructure and transport networks look very reasonable.