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Article: EARTHQUAKE ROCKS JAPAN; 439 KILLED.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- January 17, 1995
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Byline: ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press -
OSAKA, Japan A powerful predawn earthquake slammed western Japan today, killing at least 439 people, injuring more than 1,300 and trapping hundreds more in the rubble of collapsed buildings.
The earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2, was believed the most violent to have struck a densely populated urban area in Japan in at least two decades.
The quake devastated the city of Kobe, a major port of 1.4 million people 280 miles west of Tokyo where the quake was barely felt.
The national police reported 439 deaths and 1,377 injured, and said 583 people were missing. Two thousand buildings ...