The Kobe Earthquake 17 January 1995

WARNING THIS POWERPOINT IS ANNOTATED WITH SOUND FOR EFFECT. This lesson uses the Kobe earthquake of 17/01/95 as a case study of the effect of an earthquake on an area and its population. There is a fact sheet suggesting how the effects of an earthquake can be reduced. The pupil activity is based on a letter written to someone in another country explaining what it feels like to be caught in an earthquake (evidence taken from the powerpoint presentation)