Many types of makeshift temporary shelters can be built, including tents.
houses and peoples lives
it effects them because it destroyed all there houses and building giving them no water or food for them to survive
Houses
1,900
The different types of houses in Brazil are high rise apartments, cement houses, and houses that are made out of natural materials.
Approximately 130,000 houses were destroyed by the earthquake that struck Japan in 2011.
Approximately 100,000 homes were damaged in the 2010 Christchurch earthquake, with an estimated 10,000 houses severely damaged or destroyed.
The exact number of houses destroyed in the Valdivia earthquake of 1960 is not known, but it is estimated that tens of thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed due to the severity of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The earthquake, which was the most powerful ever recorded, caused widespread devastation in the region.
About 381,000 of the more than 694,000 houses were damaged or destroyed.
If you take into account all earthquakes in all locations that have ever happened, and I assume you only mean houses built by humans, then the average number of houses destroyed would round off to zero. Hope this helps.
houses and peoples lives
The number of houses destroyed in an earthquake can vary greatly depending on the magnitude of the earthquake, the location, and the structures' resistance to seismic activity. In general, earthquakes can lead to the destruction of thousands of houses in heavily affected areas.
The effects were... ~ Lots of people lost their lives ~ Many families were destroyed ~ Many houses and buildings were destroyed ~ A lot of money loss
Sadly the only benefit of a earthquake, is that it brings down the population, and you have to rebuild houses that fall in a better way, earthquake resistant buildings. Poor people get to reconstruct the buildings which are destroyed and if they do it they get money.
it caused a lot of damage actually. It destroyed houses and left 4,000 people missing.
I can't be sure but it would probably be because the earthquake destroyed hot water pipes, so they had no heating? Maybe there houses were destroyed so they had to live on the street? Sorry, not the best answer but hope I helped bit :)
some houses are stronger than others and sometimes earthquakes hit in certain spots to make the effect on a house different when you in a bad area