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Northridge earthquake
- The magnitude was an 6.7
- 10 -20 second long
- 57 deaths with more than 5,000 injured
- Strong aftershocks
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Kobe earthquake japan
-Measured 6.8 magnitude
-Killed nearly 6,500 people
-Quake caused $100 billion in destruction.
Occured in jan 17, 1995 -
The indian ocean tsunami (2004)
-Over 25,000 deaths confirmed
-$ 14 billion paid in damage
-The indian ocean tsunami can never be compared by econmic loss -
2008 sichuan earthquake
-The magnitude was 7.9 - 8.0
-Killed nearly 69,197 people.
-Left 18,222 people missing and left 4.8 million homeless.
-Strong after shocks nearly with an 6.0 magnitude. -
Japan earthquake and tsunami (2011)
So far 8,649 people have been confirmed dead and another 13,262 are missing.
- it was a 9.0 magnitude quake.
-cost $ 235 billion paid by (the world bank)
-No bulidings were left standing.
