The Great Hanshin Earthquake: trial, error, success
Rather than a single isolated event taking place at a specific point, an earthquake is a phenomenon which involves a massive rupture.
The shocking scale of damages caused by the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which struck Japan on the morning of 17 January 1995, led many journalists to conclude that science and technology had failed.
However a team of Swiss Re experts concluded that, although the loss was certainly large, it was actually quite limited in relation to loss potential, since more buildings were left standing than had collapsed.
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