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But earthquakes are not nearly as scary as tornadoes, in just seeing the damage results from around the world.
That 8.6 that hit Chile not too long ago. No comparison to Joplin, Missouri.
A 7.0 hit the Seattle area 10 years ago, and what was the result? largely, a cracked dome in the old state capitol building, sheesh!
Back in the late 80's an 8.0 hit Santiago, Chile. Again, the results don't even compare to Joplin or Tuscaloosa.
And the areas, like Haiti, that suffered so much damage is largely a result of poor construction. The same magnitude quake could hit any Pacific rim cities, which are better prepared for it, construction wise, and there'd be quite a comparison to make.
I guess it depends on what you're used to, but still this doesn't exactly make sense.
The deadliest tornado/tornado-outbreak killed 1300 people.
The March, 2011 earthquake in Japan killed over 15,000.
And I think the property damage of the Japanese quake very much exceeds that of the Joplin tornado or even the "Tri-State tornado" of 1925.
Okay Japan's Kobe earthquake then. You had 6,434 lives lost, a $100 billion in damage, and it doesn't look to have been a tsunami issue. (And I remember little talk of a tsunami then) Or looking it up there's the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake in Italy which killed 308 people and did billions or tens of billions of dollars in damage. Or the 2010 Chilean earthquake that killed 562 people and did 7 billion in damage. (Granted it seems to have come with a tsunami)
At 138 people and 3 billion in damage Joplin's tornado is massive, but still smaller than any of those earthquakes.
Last edited by Thomas R.; 06-02-2011 at 05:26 PM..
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