Buildings fall over and down.
Due to the construction methods used in this country, yes.
Chile often has earthquakes, though not as strong as this 2010 one, so they have strict building codes for new buildings. The buildings then are stronger and many of them will not fall down.
Most of the buildings were destroyed but the poor villages were hit the most.
3 billion
this had effected buildings
the main cause od death seems to be 'death by buildings' and not by the actual earthquakes them self because the earthquake shakes the buildings and if the builds are not earthquake, they fall down and kill nearly everyone underneath it.
A lot
4,300,000
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japan, and haiti nowadays.
she donated money to a foundation that helped build buildings in Haiti