Factors Affecting Extent of Damage of Earthquakes by

Earthquakes of greater magnitude will cause higher levels of destruction.

guoxiong — 2017-02-28 04:01:42 UTC

more population in the area

2017-03-07 01:13:21 UTC

more building around the earthquakes zones

2017-03-07 01:16:00 UTC

Some earthquake occur near cities that is more devastating

2017-03-07 01:21:15 UTC

some volcano can lead to hazard such as pyroclastic flows , volcanic bombs etc

2017-03-07 01:23:59 UTC

Different Earthquake have different amount of impact

2017-03-07 01:24:53 UTC

buildings have weak foundations and the country was not prepared for the earthquake

2017-03-07 01:31:39 UTC

2017-03-07 01:32:06 UTC

the location of the earthquake

2017-03-07 01:33:06 UTC

countries like Japan might have dangerous structures that might lead more damage such as nuclear power plants or atomic bombs, and these structures might topple down if they are not strong enough.

Some earthquakes are more damaging than the others as the magnitudes of the earthquake may be high and it may also affect thousands and millions of the people.

2017-03-07 01:35:59 UTC

2017-03-07 01:37:20 UTC

the more the population in the city, the higher the number death .

2017-03-07 01:37:48 UTC

Some earthquakes can cause more damage due to several factors, such as the location where the earthquake occurred, the amount of people staying in an city affected by an earthquake, etc. An earthquake occurring in an city with high population can cause a significant number of deaths, as well as high amounts of property damage if the city's buildings are densely packed together, with only the requirement of a single building to collapse to cause every other buildings to collapse through chain reaction.

some earthquakes can cause more damage due to the locations where the earthquakes occur and the people who suffered injuries and health issues when the earthquake happen during the time. It also causes damage to properties such as houses and living sheltered by the people who live there. serious and minor injuries will lightly take place when an earthquake happened. these people have lost their houses due to the earthquake

2017-03-07 01:37:51 UTC

2017-03-07 01:39:06 UTC

some earthquake are dangerous because the earthquake may be strong and may damage to some properties and injure more people.

2017-03-07 01:42:09 UTC

The more popular the location being hit, the more death woud be recorded

2017-03-07 01:42:37 UTC


Earthquake may be more damaging depending on where humans are located at. If the earthquake frequently happens at a city area, more people will die and more buildings will be damage. Whilst if its in a small town, there will be low-levelled buildings, which are less likely to collapsed on many lives. Only causing damage to property. Thus this will why some earthquake are more damaging I think

Distance from the epicenter: The epicenter is the point at the surface right above where the earthquake originates and is usually the place where the earthquake's intensity is the greatest.

2017-03-07 01:43:14 UTC

2017-03-07 01:45:23 UTC

Different earthquakes have different magnitude

earthquakes can cause more damage due to the preparedness in the city, whether they are more prepared to the disaster or not and whether they can escape from the building more quickly. the second one can cause by the population of city where the earthquakes can occur. some earthquakes can occur in the more populated city which can cause more damage than the city which are less populated or in the downtown.

2017-03-07 01:45:24 UTC

Some countries have more buildings compared to another

2017-03-07 01:45:28 UTC

and some countries have more people living there than others

2017-03-07 01:46:51 UTC

Different magnitudes of an earthquake has a different amount of impact on them.

There will be more estimated number of deaths in a unstable environment and buildings due to lack of space to evacuate easily and built by a unstable materials such as zinc.

2017-03-07 01:46:57 UTC

Some country have weak foundations and when a earthquake occur, the buildings will collapse very easily.

2017-03-07 01:47:39 UTC

2017-03-07 01:49:53 UTC

Earth quake at city area would cause more damage as there is a higher and greater impact of destruction compared to low rising buildings

The Richter scale is different in that it measures the energy of an earthquake. The scale is logarithmic, which means that for every jump up the scale you get a tenfold increase in power of an earthquake. Therefore a magnitude 6 is 10 times more powerful than a magnitude 5, and 100 times more powerful than a magnitude 4. The higher the magnitude of an earthquake the less frequent it’s occurrence. The largest ever recorded was in Valvidia in Chile in 1960 and recorded 9.5 on the scale.

2017-03-07 01:50:33 UTC

Buildings are built on steep slopes and areas at risk of landsildes.

2017-03-07 01:51:06 UTC

2017-03-07 01:53:36 UTC

Earthquakes happen in different places

2017-03-07 01:54:24 UTC

it all depends on the magnitude. If the magnitude is high, the earthquake will be more dangerous.

The damage of some earthquakes are larger than others because some cities that have encountered earthquakes are smaller than others therefore it has a greater chance of severe damage in the smaller city as compared to the much bigger city

2017-03-07 01:54:29 UTC

amout of people died does not matter on the magnitude

2017-03-07 01:55:55 UTC

Reasons why some earthquake are more damaging than other earthquake

2017-03-07 01:56:08 UTC

There are 2 types of earthquake, shallow earthquake and deep earthquakes. Shallow earthquakes sometimes originate between 2 1/2 miles and 6 miles underground. Shallow quakes generally tend to be more damaging than deeper quakes. Seismic waves from deep quakes have to travel farther to the surface, losing energy along the way.

2017-03-07 01:58:50 UTC

Earhquakes occurs in different location, if you re living in the city the damage maybe bigger if you live in a smaller city the damage may be lesse

2017-03-12 08:45:22 UTC

the locations of earthquakes determines how serious an earthquake can be and the pressure that creates earthquakes

2017-03-16 10:08:58 UTC

The impact of an earthquake depends on the locations of it.

2017-03-17 08:29:13 UTC

maybe the earthquake dont like the city

2017-03-17 09:59:54 UTC

the location affects the impact of it

some earthquakes are more damaging than other earthquakes depend on different location, if earthquake cause in city with many buildings, the death rates will be higher.But if the earthquake appear to be in countryside, the amount of death rate will be lower because house are small and far apart from each other.

2017-03-19 08:39:37 UTC

the area

2017-03-19 10:07:01 UTC

Earthquakes

2017-03-19 13:01:03 UTC

some earthquakes are more dangerous/devastating than others because of who lives around there. human lives are the most valuable resources. some earthquakes are also not as strong as the others, therefore causing less damage.

When the buildings are super high hence when it collapse, it will have a greater impact on us.

2017-03-28 04:35:19 UTC

Buildings can be too near to each other so when the weaker building collapse it can affect the building near to it.

2017-03-28 04:38:19 UTC

2017-03-29 09:58:22 UTC

the location of the earthquake

Thanks

2018-07-22 11:52:43 UTC