(1)Locals remember Kobe quake victims on 9th anniversary

(1)Locals remember Kobe quake victims on 9th anniversary

KOBE, Japan - Candles indicating Jan. 17 glow at an amusement park in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Jan. 17, 2004, the ninth anniversary of 1995's Great Hanshin Earthquake. The quake devastated Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, killing 6,433 people.

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