THE KOBE DISASTER

NOW ITS TIME TO FIND OUT THE 5 W'S AND THE H

WHERE IS KOBE

• Kobe is a small city near Tokyo
• I in south central Japan
• It also has a high population

OR BETTER YET, WHAT IS KOBE

• Kobe is the second most populated city after tokyo
• It has a population density of 2,773 per a square metre
• It has suffered many earthquakes in the past
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First, when

On Tuesday at 5.45am on the 17th of January 1995 is when the disaster took place.

THE COST OF EARTHQUAKE KOBE

• 5100 people died during the earthquake.
• Cost $200 billion dollars to rebuild.
• 20 years later they are still rebuilding.

Next, how

The tectonic plates under the earth shifted in to a convergent position that means they moved towards each other.

Now, why

A tectonic plate is a plate underneath the earths crust which hold up the dirt, rock , metals and minerals and protect us from the earths liquid metal core.

The earths crust and it,s plates are a dynamic floating mass. They move up, down, sideways and away from each other like bumper cars.

There are millions of earthquakes a year from small tremors to major disasters.

Luckily Australia is in a low risk area the last major earthquake was in WA in 1967 in Meckering. It levelled the town which was never rebuilt.