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Related: About this forumyikes . drone footage shows huge fault line after turkey / syria earthquakes
Botany
(70,567 posts)n/t
2naSalit
(86,765 posts)Of different camera shots from different locations and some damage, a compilation.
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Srkdqltr
(6,315 posts)jimfields33
(15,933 posts)I really send vibes to the devastated countries. They just got a terrible situation that could have happened anywhere in the world.
sadasfyed
(71 posts)judesedit
(4,442 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)But two of the things I feared the most as a kid growing up in the 50s and watching TV were quicksand and being swallowed by fissures that opened up during earthquakes.
Not sure Ive ever heard of a quicksand death, and being in a building is certainly worse during an earthquake than having to avoid falling into a crevasse.
Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)in the middle of a street. I once stayed at a B&B there and one of the guests saw her neighbor lose his life falling into a deep crevass in their street.
liberalla
(9,257 posts)Martin68
(22,853 posts)An article in the Post compared deaths in Japan and Chile to those in Turkey with similar magnitude earthquakes. The difference is HUGE due to the difference in building codes. Fewer than 500 deaths in urban areas in Chile and Japan.
dickthegrouch
(3,183 posts)Id have thought there would be significant deviations. I read somewhere that the fissure was 180miles (300km) or so from end to end.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217636325