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Seconds from Disaster•Season 2•Episode 6

Kobe Earthquake (Killer Quake)

7.0/10 · 47 votesAug 30, 200547 min

Ranked #16 of 19 in Season 2•−0.4 vs season avg

On 17 January 1995, the Japanese city of Kobe was rocked by the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which destroyed buildings and killed over 1000 people and left thousands homeless. Why couldn't the top of the art equipment predict a disaster of this magnitude?

Directed byDan Gold

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Seasons7

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Season 2 Episodes19

Columbia's Last Flight (Space Shuttle Columbia) still

Columbia's Last Flight (Space Shuttle Columbia)

Alpine Tsunami

Motorway Plane Crash (Freeway Plane Crash)

Mount St Helens Eruption (Mount St. Helens Eruption)

Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster (Capsized in the North Sea)

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Kobe Earthquake (Killer Quake)

Crash Landing at Sioux City

The Bali Bombing (Disco Bombing)

Hotel Collapse Singapore (Hotel Collapse)

TWA Flight 800

Paris Train Crash (Runaway Train)

The Hindenburg (Hindenburg Airship)

Explosion in Peurto Rico (Puerto Rico Gas Explosion)

Skywalk Collapse

Amsterdam Air Crash (Plane Crash in the Suburbs)

Russia's Nuclear Sub Nightmare (Sinking of the Kursk)

King's Cross Fire (London's Subway Inferno)

US Embassy Bombing (American Embassy Bombing)

Florida Swamp Air Crash (Everglades Plane Crash)

Cast2

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Richard Vaughn

Narrator

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Ashton Smith

Narrator (US)

Crew2

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Dan Gold

Producer

D

Dan Gold

Director

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Episode Summary

"Kobe Earthquake (Killer Quake)" is episode 6 of Seconds from Disaster season 2. It scored 7.0/10 from 47 votes, ranking #16 of 19 episodes this season (season average 7.4). Directed by Dan Gold, it aired on August 30, 2005.

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