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Events on Tuesday 17 January 1995 1
1995Great Hanshin earthquakeMagnitude 6.9 quake devastates Kobe, JapanA magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Kobe region of Japan, killing more than 6,000 people and destroying tens of thousands of buildings. It was the deadliest earthquake to hit Japan since 1923 and exposed weaknesses in the country's disaster preparedness. Reconstruction of Kobe took years.