The Great Hanshin (Kobe) Earthquake

A more readable page on the earthquake is available (but written in Japanese).

Look at East Japan Earthquake Support Information Blog for this earthquake (but written in Japanese).

See also: [Sakhalin earthquake page (in Osaka)], [Kanada's home page in English], [Kanada's home page in Japanese].

Contents

• Indices and General Information, including Summarized Information, Live (up-to-date) Information, Unknown-Date Information, Dead (out-of-date) Information and WWW/Internet Search Engines
• Newsgroups on the Earthquake, including Internet Newsgroups in English, Internet Newsgroups in Japanese, PC Communication Network News, News Summarizies, News Search Engine and News Archives
• Computer Networks and Volunteers, including InterVnet, Organizations, Roles of Computer Network and Miscellaneous Information
• Photos and Figures
• Miscellaneous Information

Indices and General Information

Summarized Information

• A Quick Report on the 1995 South Hyogo Great Earthquake
• A Summary in English
• A Report on the Quake

Live (up-to-date) Information

• Information by Sony CSL (updated on 3/27/95)
  • In Japanese. Mirrors in Riken, U. Tokyo, IIJ, Shinshu U. and AFFRC, and the Original
  • In English. Mirrors in Riken, U. Tokyo, IIJ, Shinshu U. and AFFRC, and the Original
• Information at IIJ: In English and In Japanese
• No More Kobe! by K. Ono (in Japanese) (A mirror)
  • List of Network Resources on the Earthquake (updated on 2/7/95)
• Information About South-Hyogo Earthquake in 1995: In Japanese and In English, including phone number list, areal information, ...
• Earthquake Information at Shinshu U.: In Japanese and In English

Unknown-Date Information

• Information about the Earthquake by SMN (Shima Media Network)
  • From Kobe, five days after the quake by Takashi Tsumura
• South Hyogo Earthquake Information Resources, including Major WWW sites, Traditional Media on the Net, Pictures, List of the Deceased, First-hand accounts of the quake, IRC, Newsgroups, mailing lists, and other net sources, Hotlines (phone numbers), Contact volunteers, Where to send donations, and Miscellaneous organizations offering help.
• Yahoo Server: Earthquakes
  • Kobe Quake
• Primary sources: The earthquake in Japan by the News & Observer
• Kansai Area Earthquake Information at Univ. Oregon
• Proposal for 811 Emergency Communications by Eli M. Noam and Harumasa Sato
• Yaseppochi-gumi 'quake server
• Quake Information on the Net by Allen Noren
• Kobe Earthquake Information and Resources
• Earthquake in Hyogo, Japan by International Federation of Red Cross
• Kobe Earthquake: An Urban Disaster, Eos, Vol. 76, No. 6, February 7, 1995, (C) 1995 American Geophysical Union
• Earthquake Info on Senri International Information Institute (in Japanese)
  • Lifeline Info
  • To People in Nishinomiya
  • Quake Express -- Kanda News Network at
    • Quake Xpress 950202 on Kobe Genki-mura
    • Multi-Media Detectives (A Letter from Kobe)

Dead (out-of-date) Information

• Index (in Japanese) (to be connected to your nearest mirror site!, updated on 2/6/95) -- worked well, but now seems dead!
  • A Mirror at Riken
• Detailed information by Sakai (2/17/95, in Japanese) -- well-organized, but recently not updated.
  • A copy in RWCP (whole)
  • A copy in Sony CSL: 1. General, 2. Network, 3. Telephone, 4. Money Donation, 5. Volunteer, 6. Blood Donation, 7. Map, and 8. Local.
• Kobe Earthquake Reference Page by Edward Vielmetti (Last updated on 1/30/95 when 3/15/94)
• Special Great Hanshin Earthquake Page

WWW/Internet Search Engines

• Wais Index of fj.misc.earthquake and fj.misc.earthquake.people, with Relevance Feedback
• Useful Search Engines (General Purpose) listed in the WWW/Internet Search Engine Page
• WWW Pages in Japan -- Regular Expression Search by title or URL
• InfoSeek -- No Japanese keywords!
  • InfoSeek Query (InfoSeek account needed)
• Results of Retrieval of Information on the Earthquake
  • InfoSeek Search Result: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7, Page 8, Page 9, Page 10
  • Lycos Search Result: earthquake + Kobe + Hanshin (not very much useful!)

Newsgroups on the Earthquake

Internet Newsgroups in English

• alt.disasters.earthquake
• alt.current-events.kobe-quake
• soc.culture.japan
• clari.world.asia.japan
• clari.news.hot.japan_quake

Internet Newsgroups in Japanese

• fj.misc.earthquake (See the section of archives and search.)
• fj.misc.earthquake.people (See the section of archives and search.)
• tnn.disasters.earthquake (See the section of archives and search.)
• fj.misc (See the section of archives and search.)
• See this for InterVnet-related newsgroups.
• fj.sci.geo
• kansai.misc

PC Communication Network News

• Nifty-Serve
• PC Van
• People
• ...
• InterVnet

News Summaries

• A Sorted Summaries by Y. Yamada, including information on schools, traffic, areas, damage, lifeline, etc.
• A Summary by Hayashi, including the damage of Kobe, Hyogo (except Kobe) and Osaka

News Search Engines

• fj Article Database by Asahi-Net (free)
  • Database Access through Telnet (Use user ID ``fj-db'')
  • Explanation
• Wais Index of fj.misc.earthquake and fj.misc.earthquake.people, with Relevance Feedback (last one month only (?))
  • infotalk@square.ntt.co.jp Mailing List, fj.comp.texhax, fj.editor.emacs, fj.net.infosystems.gopher, fj.net.infosystems.www, fj.sys.ibmpc, fj.sys.mac, fj.sys.sun, fj.windows.ms and fj.windows.x are also available here.

News Archives

• fj and comp Archives at University of Tokyo
  • fj.misc.earthquake: Archive and its index
  • fj.misc.earthquake.people: Archive and its index
  • fj.misc: Archive and its index
  • tnn.disasters.earthquake: Archive and its index
  • Other archives such as alt.sources*, comp.binaries.ibm.pc*, comp.sources.*, fj* are also available here.
• fj.misc.earthquake FileMaker Pro (V2.1J) Database (January '95 to June 30 '95) -- Binary, >= 5.6 MB
• Nifty-Serve Archives
  • Collected Information on Shelters by the Information Volunteer Group
• Los Angeles Quake: alt.current-events.la-quake Archive (797kB)

Computer Networks and Volunteers

Photos and Figures

• A Picture Collection and Its parent page (containing several maps)
  • U.S.G.S. Weekly Seismicity Reports
• Earthquake Images in Kobe
• Photos on the Earthquake
• Japan, Hand-colored Photographs, including View of Kobe (Very old photos!)
• Global Earthquake Map
• Hyougo-ken Nanbu Earthquake GPS Information, including several figures
• Photos of Akashi
• Photos from Asahi Broadcasting
• Japan/Kobe earthquake images
• Pictures of Devastation at SMN (Shima Media Network)
• A Private Collection by Kanada

Governmental Information

• Call for Proposals toward Reconstruction of Kobe
  • Domestic (in Japanese)
  • International (using the Internet) (in Japanese)
• Messages from the Primeminister Murayama
  • A Special Message: In Japanese and In English (2/9/95)
  • Murayama's Talk at the 132th National Diet
• Govermental Information at MPT (in Japanese) -- not maintained any longer?
• Shinsai-Net by MPT and Hyogo Prefecture
• South Hyogo Earthquake 1995 from Kokudo-cho

Miscellaneous Information

• The Earthquake Information Summary Project by Y. Kanada
  • Plan
• JMARC Database Search Results
  • By Jishin
  • By Shinsai
  • By Saigai
  • By Tensai
  • By Bosai
• Schools in the Earthquake Disaster
  • Education in Kobe -- 100 Days of Struggle: In Japanese and In English
• Promotion of Research on the Great Hanshin Earthquake by Senri International Information Institute
• A Report from Kobe (No. 1-46) by Y. Hattori (from Asahi-Net, in Japanese) -- Publicly not available now
• Symposium on Reports from Kobe (reproduction condition unknown)
• Situation Reports
  • UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs Situation Reports
  • Situation Reports
• WWW Hot Topic: Major Earthquake at Kobe, Japan at Amdahl Corp.
• ``To TV Broadcasters'' by K. Odajima (in Japanese)
• Name List and Searcher of Victims
  • In Japanese
  • In English with searcher
  • Searcher by Name, Age, Address, etc. (in Japanese)
• Acceleration caused by the earthquake observed by JR
• Information at KEK (partially in Japanese)
• FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency of USA
  • Index
  • Home Page
• From Apple Japan
  • Quake Express by Kanda News Network
  • Extra! (?), including Free Repaire Service for Macintosh
• A News Article by Tsuchiya
  • Kanada's Reply

Footnotes

• Hanshin means the area between Osaka and Kobe. Kobe is in the south of Hyogo Prefecture.