The Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995 occurred on the Nojima Fault , a branch of the MTL . Approximately 6,434 people lost their lives ; about 4,600 of them were from Kobe . It caused approximately ten trillion yen ( $ 100 billion ) in damage , 2.5 % of Japan 's GDP at the time
Great Hanshin earthquake
Great Hanshin earthquake
Japan Median Tectonic Line