No.3: Kobe Earthquake
The Earthquake design codes of Japan, one of the best prepared countries in the world for natural disasters, were thrown into the spotlight on 17 January 1995 when the 6.8 magnitude Great Hanshin earthquake devastated Kobe, a city of 1.5 million people.
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