GEO 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Cn Tower, Mercalli Intensity Scale, Lloret De Mar
17 Sep 2017
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Intensity is based on the observed effects of the ground shaking. Upper egypt 1201 estimate 1,100,000: 2. Huaxian, china 1556 estimate 830,000: 3. Tangshan, china 1976 official 242,000 estimate 655,237: 4. Calcutta, india 1737 estimate 300,000: top 25 6,230,000 killed, china 3,185,000, middle east 1,430,000, threat to global population link to urban populations, by 2016 more than 5500 million people live in cities, tokyo 38 million. Impacts will depend on: developing sound building codes, directing urban planning with disaster in mind. 2: paying for strengthening current, vulnerable buildings. 3: 12% if buildings destroyed, 2016 roads would crack, fires would break out as electrical and gas lines are damages, a report, published in the journal of the seismological society of america, examined an area straddling the b. c. 4: the earthquake occurred in the area that is the area of the highest risk in eastern.
