1月17日清晨,日本关西地区发生了一次惨重的灾害性地震。这次强度为里克特制7.2级的地震,由于震中靠近人口稠密、经济繁荣的地区,使神户、彦根、西宫、宝塚、芦屋、淡路岛、丰冈、京都和大阪等城市遭到不同程度的破坏。其中灾害最重的神户市,在地震发生的几分钟之内,大量房屋倒塌,桥梁折断、铁路扭曲、公路断裂,供水、供电、煤气、电话系统中断,大火蔓 On the early morning of January 17, a grave and catastrophic earthquake occurred in the Kansai area of ​​Japan. This intensity is Rickett’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake, which hit cities of Kobe, Hikone, Nishinomiya, Takarazuka, Ashiya, Awajishima, Toyooka, Kyoto and Osaka to varying degrees as the epicenter was closer to a densely populated and prosperous region damage. In Kobe, the most devastating city, massive housing collapses, broken bridges, railway distortions, road breaks, water supply, electricity supply, gas and telephone system disruptions, fires within a few minutes of the quake