IDEERS Shaken Societies

Quindio
Date: 25.01.99
Magnitude: 5.9 ML
Dead: 1,200
Injured: 8,500
Homeless: 90,000

Kobe
Date: 17.01.95
Magnitude: 6.9 MW
Dead: 5,500
Injured: 35,000
Homeless: 300,000

Izmit (Kocaeli)
Date: 17.08.99
Magnitude: 7.4 MW
Dead: 17,000
Injured: 44,000
Homeless: 600,000

Chi-Chi
Date: 21.09.99
Magnitude: 7.5 MW
Dead: 2,400
Injured: 11,000
Homeless: 100,000

Northridge
Date: 17.01.94
Magnitude: 6.8 Ms
Dead: 60
Injured: 9,000
Homes Destroyed: 25,000

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To be added soon.

Members of the University of Bristol's EERC have visited various countries after earthquakes to study the damage to different types of structures.

Click on the countries shown in red on the map to see photographs and descriptions of the damage caused by earthquakes.

from Bristol University