Damage
| Fatality rates | |
| Nada-ku, Kobe | 0.703% |
| Higashinada-ku, Kobe | 0.692% |
| Nagata-ku, Kobe | 0.596% |
| Ashiya | 0.468% |
| Hyōgo-ku, Kobe | 0.365% |
| Nishinomiya | 0.239% |
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The effects can be divided into primary and secondary effects. Primary effects included the ruin of 150,000 buildings, the collapse of 1 km of the Hanshin Expressway, the destruction of 120 of the 150 quays in the port of Kobe, and fires which raged over large portions of the city. Secondary effects included disruption of the electricity supply. Residents were afraid to return home because of aftershocks that lasted several days (74 of which were strong enough to be felt).
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