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Compare And Contrast Earthquake In Chile

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In both articles devastating earthquakes occurred. Both ended up taking many lives with them. The earthquake in Nepal killed over 3,000 people, and the earthquake in Chile killed around 10 people and caused over 1 million to evacuate. The magnitudes were very close, Nepal: 7.8, Chile: 8.3. There were more casualties in Nepal because the building there aren’t reinforced to protect from natural disasters. However, there were still casualties in Chile because some of the houses were reinforced but not very well or the houses and building could be located in areas where the earthquake was more powerful. Buildings still crumbled in Chile but thankfully there weren’t very many casualties. Both of the quakes also had powerful aftershocks. In Chile

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