People in Japan are marking 31 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. The disaster devastated the city of Kobe and surrounding areas, claiming 6,434 lives.

Survivors and residents on Saturday shared their grief and memories of the calamity wrought by the major earthquake that killed over 6 ...

At a memorial gathering at park in Kobe, participants lit bamboo and paper lanterns and offered a silent prayer at 5:46 a.m., the exact time the earthquake struck.

SHINONSEN, Hyogo -- A police officer who participated in rescue efforts after the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake spoke about ...

I am pretty sure that my first assignment upon arrival on the scene on the night of Jan. 17, 1995, was to report on the fires that had broken out.

On Jan. 17, 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing about 5,500 people.

KOBE: On Jan 20, 1995, three days after the Great Hanshin Earthquake, a baby girl weighing 2.97 kilogrammes was born at ...

The 1995 Kobe earthquake was a catastrophe that disturbed the very foundations of modern Japan. In inspired, as many natural ...

A company is building homes in the Inland Empire that can withstand some of the most massive earthquakes and wildfires.