Kobe

January 17, 1995, M6.9 Earthquake

EERI REPORTS

• Newsletter Articles
  • Article from the February 1995 Newsletter [PDF]
  • Article from the May 1995 Newsletter [PDF]
• Reconnaissance Team Reports
  • Special Earthquake Insert on Recovery from the January 1996 Newsletter [PDF]
  • The Challenge of Land Use Planning after Urban Earthquakes: Observations from the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995, by Catherine Bauman [PDF]
  • The Hyogo-ken Nanbu (Kobe) Earthquake, January 17, 1995: Preliminary Reconnaissance Report, Craig D. Comartin, Marjorie Greene, Susan K. Tubbesing, technical editors, February 1995, 116 pp.
  • Lessons Learned Over Time, Volume 3, the two papers in this volume illustrate how the January 17, 1995 Kobe earthquake was a catalyst for rapid change, January 2000
  • Urban Earthquake Hazard Reduction: Fourth Japan-U.S. Workshop Proceedings, workshop being held in Osaka, the same morning the devastating Kobe earthquake occured, dramatically changing the workshop program, Jan 1995, 352 pp. (Out-of-print, contact EERI)
  • Urban Earthquake Hazard Reduction: 5th US-Japan Workshop Proceedings, focuses on the 1989 Loma Prieta, the 1994 Northridge, and the 1995 Kobe earthquakes, August 1997, 455 pp. (Out-of-print, contact EERI)
  • Urban Earthquake Hazard Reduction: 6th Japan-US Workshop Proceedings, focuses on advances in response, recovery and mitigation in the United States and Japan following the Northridge and Kobe earthquakes, October 1999, 665 pp. (Out-of-print, contact EERI)
• Earthquake Spectra Articles
  • Comparison of Loss Estimation for Various Seismic Source Models: The Case of the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 19, no. 1, February 2003, pp. 67-85

OTHER REPORTS & RESOURCES

• January 17, 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu (Kobe) Earthquake: Performance of Structures, Lifelines, and Fire Protection Systems (NIST SP 901) July 1996
• Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) Field Report, IStructE (March 1997)
• Lessons from the Kobe Quake by James D. Cooper and Ian Buckle, Public Roads (Autumn 1995), U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration
• Lessons Learned from the Kobe Earthquake - A Japanese Perspective, PCI Journal (July-August 1995)

PHOTOS

• Slide Collection 1: An Overview
• Slide Collection 2: Liquefaction
• Slide Collection 3: Performance of Steel Bridges
• Slide Collection 4: Performance of Engineered Buildings
• Slide Collection 5: Recovery and Reconstruction
• Slide Collection 6: Repair and Reconstruction of Historic Landmarks