QUAKE
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heavily damaged by the 7.2-mag
nitude quake that ttn.u k heforo
tinwn Tuusday. The wreckage
extended 30 miles northwest of
Kobe to the sacred temple* ami
statues of the ancient city of
Kyoto.
More than fiOO aftershocks hit
the area through Wednesday
morning, including 60 that
could tx> felt
While Kobe was bv far the
hardest hit, !>oth the city where
tender beer-fed Kobe beef gets
its name and Osaka burned
through the night from fires
fueled by ruptured gas lines
National police said 1,812
people were known dead by
Wednesday morning, 086 were
missing and 6.366 injured The
toll was ex (Me tie! to rise .is com
munications were restored
fust outside Kobe, damage
seemed almost arbitrary a
showroom window at an auto
dealership survived undamaged
Next to it, four wooden houses
collapsed In the city, a five
story building had fallen on its
side, and a seven-story bank
building leaned over the side
walk
"I thought it was the end of
the world." said n-t year-old
Minoru Tnkasu. whose house
fell down around him in Nishi
noiniya. six miles from Koine
"I survived by sliding into a
small gap ImiIween a dish cabi
net and the wall." hi- told the
As.ihl iii-wspaper I n; happy (o
Im» alive!"
The shaking lasted about 20
se« onds. and when it was over
7,000 buildings were destroyed
Many people slept outside for
fear of further damage to build
ings left standing.
About 100,000 poopi« spent
the night in emergency shelters,
eating ru e hails handed out hv
rescue workers and sipping
wafer trucked in by the fire
department because so rnnny
water lines were fractured
Many fled their homes with
nothing mom than scanty night
// —
The if utile came
suddenly. I could
not stop trembling w ith
fear umler my futon
— Tomiko Watas*
farther s** wee
rr
clothes
"I brought no food with me,"
said a man interviewed by
Japanese television as he hud
died near n fire in n garbage bin
in a parking lot "But someone
gave me food We're all sharing
everything."
Tnkarazuka. Ashiya and
Awoji Island were also damaged
in the quake, which occurred a
year after a magnitude fl.7 quake
kilted 61 people in and around
the Northridge area north of Ij>*
Angeles
"The quake came suddenly I
i mild not stop trembling wt’h
fear under my futon," Tomiko
Watase. a i of fee shop owner in
the town of Awajt, told Kyodo
New Servo »>
More than 1.000 soldier* were
dispatched to the quake /one,
and more were on standby In
holm, helicopters burred over
head as the government ferried
in food and blankets
The devastation shattered
Japan's belief that sophisticated
engineering would enable its
newer buildings and roads to
withstand a major quake
Already, criticism was being
voiced about prevention and
rescue effort*
"I think rescue measures have
been very slow." said Tokyo
University professor Osamu
Koide "I think there was a 1st k
of quake preventive know)
edge "
Following damaging earth
quakes in the United States,
Japanese esports had confident
ly predie tod that roadways in
this country would stand up to
oven a serious quake But *e>
lions of several major express
ways collapsed, as did many
modern buildings Some over
passes buckled like an accor
dion
Slot ks of insuranc e compa
nies, whic h will have to lay out
large amounts to cover damage,
took a hit. initial damage esti
mates ranged from $10 billion to
$20 billion, said Patrit k Hogan
of Smith New Court So< unties
The quake's full force was
taken by Kobe, a shipbuilding
and steei-rnanufac luring c enter
loc ated 20 miles west of Osaka
It is the gateway for 12 perc ent
of Japan's exports
Cars trying to get in or out
jammed the severed roads and
bridges, fern service was sus
pended to outlying islands
> it oi lapsed
Television showed dramatic
w one* of people buried in erum
bled debris awaiting rose ue and
bandaged victims speaking of
the horror of an earthquake in
TV ti Hit-age iliiiii ; K.,k.i the fin c
of a woman was visible in (fits
rubble
"l'v« been sitting in a small
spac e here," she cried out in a
feeble voice "But my mother
has bad legs, and c an’t last muc h
longer ”
Huge pillars of smoke rose in
(he sky a* dozens of fire* antla
ued to hum nearly 24 hours after
the 5 45 a m. quake Next to one
fire, three fire trucks were
parked, a* firemen stood by
helplessly because the quake
had cut water supplies.
At a community renter in
Kolx*. where about 30 neighbors
were spending the niRht. the
only light came from two can
dle* on the table.
One middle-aged man refused
to come indoors.
"1 don't want to go inside a
building," he said, shivering
It's cold, but 1 would rather
stay outside than in a building
that may t ollapse on top of me
again."
The quake was • entered 12 5
miles under Awaji in the Inland
Sea. the Central Meteorological
Agency said,
Bert Mat/er k. a (Canadian free
Unce photographer who trav
eled to the island, said it looked
like a war zone He said dazed
survivors were wandering in the
rubble
The country has been rattled
by a series of strong quakes
since Dec 28. when a quake
with a magnitude of 7.5 jolted
northern Japan.
Kobe is not considered a
major center of seismic activity,
though several a< live faults run
through the region.
About 8.(KM) Americans live
in the Kobe-Osaka area but none
were reported among the casual
ties. the U.S Embassy in Tokyo
and State Department said.
None of the 11 nuclear power
plants in Fukui, 84 miles north
east of Kobe, was damaged by
the quake, a Kansai Electrii
Power Co. spokesman said.
TREMORS
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Juan d« Fuat crustal plate is
being shoved under North
America. Weldon said
According to Weldon, this
plate activity i reates the high
est risk along Oregon's coasts
He said many of the earth
quakes that have occurred in
Japan and California over the
jwst 100 years wore created bv
the same type of plate bound
ary tension
However, the earthquake
that occurred near Kobe, in
Japan, was created by a small
fault line within a crustal
plate There are many of these
small fault lines in Oregon.
Weldon said
“The risk from these types
of fault lines is much less
because there is not usually
strong pressure." he said.
"Unless the fault line happens
to lay under a populated area,
damage is usually minimal."
Weldon said that the com
position ed the earth in differ
ent areas also affects the risk
of an earthquake “Some of the
areas in north and northwest
luigone are built on wetlands
and soft earth. You might get
a higher amplification in those
areas if an earthquake hap
pens."
According to Ike Jensen.
Lane County emergency man
agement coordinator, it is
important to have a disaster
plan despite the comparative
ly low risk of earthquakes in
Oregon.
"You need to know what to
do in case of an emergency,"
he said. Good places to go in
case of an earthquake are
under a desk or in doorways."
House Speaker gets details of names, expenses from Rose Bowl
Marcelene Edwards
Oraqor* Oftfy £mmakf
Tl»n Oregon Economic Development
Department sprint around $35,000 to send
1 B people on business trips to the Rose
Howl, said Julia Brim Edwards, spokes
woman (or House Speaker Iktv Ctamo
Members of the development depart
ment met with (Uamo and member* of her
office on Friday to disclose information
shout the trip. Hritn-Fdwards said
William Scott, direr tor of the develop
ment department. gave Clarno the
sje* ifit:s about trips for employee* of the
development office to the Rose Bowl,
including names of people who went and
a breakdown of expenses, in an hour long
meeting, said Peggy Sand Hberle. a devel
opment department spokeswoman The
results of the meeting were not available
as of press time.
Clarno requested the information last
week, after critic izing the department for
the* trip that allowed development spe
cialists to merit with HO representatives of
about 25 companies that might invest in
Oregon. Eberb said.
The department provided only descrip
tions of the companies they met with in
California Oregon law prohibits giving
names of companies until < ontracts have
been signed, because of confidentiality
mbs, Hrim-Kdwards said.
After the meeting, Clarno was still
' skeptical of whether it was a good use of
taxpayer money," Brun-Edwnrds said
The money paid for flights, meats and
hotel bills for each employee. It ulso paid
for 90 tickets to the Rose Bowl game and
tournament parade.
That information was also provided for
members of the Legislature for their noti
fication.
Kberle was not sure where the issue
would go now, but Brim-Kdwards says
that Clnrno is hopeful it will go further.
“I'm pretty sure this issue will be raised
when (the department's) budgets are up in
committee," Hriin-Edwards said
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