On January 12, 2010, Haiti experienced a 7.0 earthquake that killed 230,000 people. On February 27, 2010, Chile experienced a 8.8 earthquake that killed 279 people. The number of people killed in Haiti was three orders of magnitude more than those in Chile, despite Chile having a stronger earthquake. The on-line magazine Good has published an infographic comparing the Haitian and Chile earthquakes, and looks into this question.
In the span of two months, two massive earthquakes struck in Haiti and Chile. But while the temblor in Chile registered much higher on the Richter scale, the loss of life and damage in Haiti was far more severe. Why is that?
via Transparency: The Difference Between the Chile and Haiti Earthquakes – Transparency – GOOD.
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