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In response to "I just think it's amazing that something this massive with this much destructive power could destroy one country" by Jim

The destruction here isn't due to the strength of the quake, it was only a 7.0, it's because the buildings are so poorly built.

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) Jan 21 '10, 11:03

This same quake strikes San Francisco and you've probably got less than 100 dead.

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To be fair, IIRC, if the epicenter of the quake was as close to SF as it was to Port au Prince (with the ensuing aftershocks), the damage would still - musubi Jan 21, 11:06 1
- The epicenter of the '89 quake was a bit further away, but the 89 quake was .1 bigger and still only killed 63 in a region with over 7 million people. -- nm - Ender Jan 21, 11:13

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