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

Bhuj

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.

15:43 06/07/2015

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

from Bristol University