Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People lit candles in about 7,000 memorial lanterns during an event held at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17 to commemorate the 6,434 people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. At 5:46 a.m., the time the magnitude 7.3 quake originating in the northern part of the prefecture's Awaji Island in the Seto Inland Sea hit the western Japan area 14 years ago, about 5,500 people offered silent prayers in the event.

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    KOBE, Japan - Mitsuru Takeba, who lost his 1-year-old daughter in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, talks to his 2-year-old daughter Mii about the quake in front of candles in about 7,000 bamboo lanterns lit to commemorate the 6,434 victims at a memorial service held in Kobe on Jan. 17 to mark the 14th anniversary of the quake.
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      KOBE, Japan - Three female junior high school students pray for the 6,434 people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, during a memorial event held at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17. At 5:46 a.m., the time the magnitude 7.3 quake originating in the northern part of the prefecture's Awaji Island in the Seto Inland Sea hit the western Japan area 14 years ago, about 5,500 people offered silent prayers in the event at the park, where candles in about 7,000 memorial lanterns were lit.