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No it isn't. There are several factors which contribute to earthquake fatalities: the size of the earthquake, the amount of population in the affected area, and the quality of construction of the buildings in that area. So, a huge earthquake taking place in an unpopulated region of Alaska, for example, would cause few if any fatalities, whereas a much small earthquake in Haiti caused lots of fatalities, due both to density of population and to poor construction standards.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agobecause buildings fall and they get crushed
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∙ 14y agoit might depend on where the location is or how people react
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∙ 11y agobecause places with more earthquake are more prepared for them
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∙ 12y agoSome earthquakes are more powerful than others and some occur in densely populated places.
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When is the next earthquake predicted for Memphis?
Probably the biggest problem with earthquakes is that they can't be predicted.
Where are the biggest earthquakes in the world expected?
The biggest earthquakes in the world are expected along the plates that are on the inside of our earths crust like the mid Atlantic plate or the plate that caused the earthquake in Haiti
How does 8.9 rank out of the most powerful earthquakes?
The biggest reported earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5. The earthquake in Japan had a magnitude of 8.9, and that's the 5th largest earthquake reported.
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Are you referring to Earthquakes during or before our human race cultivated the planet because to answer this question the biggest Earthquakes happened before our existence. During our existence I'm sure you can find the largest Earthquakes in Asia.
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When is the next earthquake predicted for Memphis?
Probably the biggest problem with earthquakes is that they can't be predicted.
Where are the biggest earthquakes in the world expected?
The biggest earthquakes in the world are expected along the plates that are on the inside of our earths crust like the mid Atlantic plate or the plate that caused the earthquake in Haiti
