Because they get trapped in and under rubble and theres mostly aftershocks, people also choke on the dust and children cannot breathe as well in dust as adults can.
There is no record of any single earthquake in the 18th or 19th century that caused the death of over 300,000 people. However, there were several major earthquakes during that time that caused significant loss of lives, such as the 1839 India earthquake and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, but the death toll in these events did not exceed 100,000 people.
The San Fernando Earthquake of 1971 was a very destructive earthquake. It lasted only about a minute, but in that time, it killed 65 people, and injured more than 2,000.
29 or over 9000
A 7.0 earthquake is much stronger and more destructive than a 5.0 earthquake. The energy released by a 7.0 earthquake is about 1,000 times greater than that of a 5.0 earthquake. This means that a 7.0 earthquake can cause more severe damage to buildings and infrastructure.
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake is 10 times stronger than a magnitude 7.0 earthquake and 100 times stronger than a magnitude 6.0 earthquake. It releases significantly more energy compared to smaller magnitude earthquakes.
The largest death toll occurred in Shensi, China on Thursday, January 23, 1556, during which more than 800,000 people died. It was a magnitude 8.0 earthquake.
The death toll is said to be more than 1,700 and more than 10,000 are missing.
The earthquake magnitude is a measure of the energy released during an earthquake. The scale is logarithmic, such that a magnitude of 6.0 releases about 32 times more energy than a magnitude 5.0 earthquake, and in turn more than 900 times more energy than a magnitude 4.0 earthquake.
More than 5000
The largest death toll occurred in Shensi, China on Thursday, January 23, 1556, during which more than 800,000 people died. It was a magnitude 8.0 earthquake.
If people believe these myths, earthquakes may seem more frightening than they really are. During an earthquake, people need to stay calm, not run off worrying about these not true myths.
It killed more than 36,000 people.
A lot more than 300 people survived the Earthquake, it was mainly the Tsunami that caused the damage and deaths.
so many people die in Tokyo than new Madrid because of there a more chances there than the other one!!!peice out guys!!!
Earthquake itself is not dangerous if you know how to response. as long as you are on the right place, for example on an open place or inside seismic resistant buildings, etc you will be fine. Many people killed during earthquake because of panic and do wrong thing. tsunami triggered by underwater earthquake and off course more more more dangerous than earthquake. for example if there is no tsunami in sendai, miyagi, iwate area (march 11, 2011) the people killed will be not so significant. tsunami is the most dangerous natural disaster in the world.
There is no record of any single earthquake in the 18th or 19th century that caused the death of over 300,000 people. However, there were several major earthquakes during that time that caused significant loss of lives, such as the 1839 India earthquake and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, but the death toll in these events did not exceed 100,000 people.
more than 2,000 people