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Add Chile to that. So many 8? Sichuan = 8.0 Chile = 8.8 Japan = 8.8 Haiti = 7.0
Japan Earthquake
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Add Chile to that. So many 8? Sichuan = 8.0 Chile = 8.8 Japan = 8.8 Haiti = 7.0
solarz
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There was actually a quake in Yunnan, China on the same day:
Couple this with the NZ quake, and I wonder if they're related? Some massive geological phenomenon?
Mr T
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This is horrible, and I hope that as many of the people currently missing are found to be alive and well. But at the same time Japan should be well placed to deal with this. I was also glad to hear Prime Minister Cameron very quickly offering assistance (I don't know whether we might pull our teams out of Christchurch, for example).
I was wondering that (but about Japan) as well. Being that their home has just been hit (all the way up north to make it worse), will they deem NZ's rescue effort a 'lost cause' and divert attention and resources there back to Japan. Same with other nations that sent rescue teams to NZ that may wish to help Japan's disaster.
not that they cant send additional teams rather than pull the other ones in NZ but just because of the magnitude and the chances of still having survivors in NZ's rubbles.
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But luckily this was no where near the Sichuan Eq. nor this 8.9
pugachev_diver
Banned Idiot
It is easy to see why the earthquake in Japan resulted in a much smaller casualty than in Wenchuan despite of its higher magnitude. Japan has long experienced earthquakes in its history and now they build everything with earthquakes in mind. On the other hand, almost everything in China other than government buildings are built with profit over quality. Most of the schools that collapsed don't even have reinforcing steel wires in the concrete. I can honestly predict even if a magnitude 9.0 earthquake happen in downtown Tokyo, the casualty would still not be as bad as the one in Wenchuan.
So just like the castrophe in Tangshan and Shimantan Resevoir, Wenchuan is a man made disaster, objectively speaking.
So just like the castrophe in Tangshan and Shimantan Resevoir, Wenchuan is a man made disaster, objectively speaking.
solarz
Brigadier
That's like saying a tornado is a man-made disaster because all those farms weren't constructed to be tornado-proof.
Japan experiences a hell of a lot more earthquakes than Sichuan. killed 140,000 people, and the Japanese have been preparing for the "next big one" for decades.
pugachev_diver
Banned Idiot
Theres nothing people can do at the moment of the earthquake, other than just hide under your table and pray for the best. It all comes down to the construction of the building. Would've those kids have died if there were proper steel wire reinforcement in the concrete? How come the government building didn't collapse? How come no major shopping malls collapsed? How come majority of the people that died were inside either schools or residential homes? Because those buildings were not constructed when overseeing by possible future tenants, whereas the commercial buildings are constantly monitored by its company personnels and the government building built with over the top quality standards, using tax payers money. I can guarantee that the city hall in Wenchuan would be the last building to collapse.
On the other hand, the pool of funds for construction of school buildings are just another gold mine officials can get their hand into.
On the other hand, the pool of funds for construction of school buildings are just another gold mine officials can get their hand into.
before this becomes a 'blame china vs. defend china' derailment...
puggy, if you want to discuss about the building methods used in the construction of the earthquake in the past Sichuan quake or the more recent collapses in the Yunnan quake, go to or create the proper place for such discussions. I am sure others will follow you there.
This is a thread about the current disaster striking Japan. Lets keep it that way.
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