not too many as they were able to control the situation fairly quickly and get people evacuated
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CORRECTION : 14,616 deaths , 5,278 injured and 11,111 people missing .
an earthquake kills about 1000 people
about 1000 people saved
Japan has a population of over 127 million and the casualties of the March 2011 earthquake (and resulting tsunami) were devastating but small (0.01%) in comparison to the entire population.The death toll was on the order of ten to twenty thousand. The deaths would have been considerably higher had the Japanese not evacuated much of the coastal areas.
Japanese have one of the highest because earthquakes happen there frequently. So no Japan does not.
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean Earthquake of 22 May 1960 is to date the most powerful earthquake ever recorded on Earth, rating 9.5 on the magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT, 15:11 local time). It was followed by a tsunami which affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian island in Alaska.The depth of the earthquake was 33 km.The epicenter was Cañete, Chile.There were about 2,231-6,000 casualties.
around 20,000
The 2011 earthquake in Tohoku, Japan measured at a Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). The Earthquake had a magnitude of 9.0 and led to widespread damage and casualties.
It depends on the earthquake you are talking about. Many have occurred in Japan. The most recent is the 2011 earthquake.
The last major earthquake before hitting Japan occurred in Qinghai, China on May 22, 2021, with a magnitude of 7.4. It caused significant damage and casualties in the region.
The Kobe earthquake was more catastrophic than the Northridge earthquake in terms of casualties and economic impact. The Kobe earthquake, which struck Japan in 1995, resulted in over 6,000 deaths and caused extensive damage to infrastructure. The Northridge earthquake, which struck California in 1994, caused fewer casualties and less widespread destruction.
There were no reported deaths in the Meeberrie earthquake. It was a relatively minor earthquake that caused minimal damage and no casualties.
17,649 are missing in japan earthquake.
400
About 10000 people died after the earthquake.
The Japan earthquake in 2011 lasted for about 6 minutes.
When the bus crashed there were many casualties....
A somewhat insensitive question as it is presently far to early to say