Photo Story: The 25th anniversary of the Kobe earthquake in Japan remembered

Residents offer prayers for victims of the Great Hanshin (Kobe) Earthquake, in Kobe, western Japan, 17 January 2020.

The event marked the 25th anniversary of the disaster, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake.

The Great Hanshin Earthquake or Kobe Earthquake killed 6,434 people, about 4,600 of the fatalities occured in Kobe, in January 1995.

 

Photo: EPA-EFE/JIJI