The highest death Death toll and damage Damaging occurred Presence at the Newcastle Workers Club , where the floor collapsed Destroying and nine people were killed Killing and many more trapped beneath rubble .

It was believed Know to have occurred Coming_to_be in a basement beneath storage silos .

The focus of the earthquake Catastrophe was located 17 km beneath its epicenter , on the northern end of Awaji Island , 20 km away from the center of the city of Kobe .

The site , lying in the Carson National Forest , is approximately southwest of Dulce , New Mexico and east of Farmington , and was chosen Choosing because natural gas deposits were known Know to be held Hold in sandstone beneath Leandro Canyon .