1997 年 96 巻 p. 95-100
On the 17th of January, 1995, the Southern Hyogo Great Earthquake hitted the Hanshin District and damaged it seriously. At the earthquake, many ships were sailing, anchoring, fishing and so on, and many seamen and fishermen had experienced quite abnormal shocks and/or phenomena on board. The questionnaire research was made on abnormal experiences and phenomena they had on board and their actions at that time. It showed that many of them felt severe vertical shocks as their ships stroke aground and/or serious engine troubles like explosion. And in many ships, many actions were taken to recognize and manage their safety against such emergency, and those worked relatively well eventhough some ships did not get suitable actions. On the other hand, many ships faced serious difficulty getting contact with the competent authorities concerned and had earth quake information from TV. Fishery situations were also seriously changed.