同样面积的震动会因为房屋建筑和人口稠密给全球的一些地方带来更大的影响。这一点是美国地质勘探局很早之前计算出来的。因此,勘探局的地震学家大卫·瓦尔德(David Wald)说,同样程度的强震,如果发生在加利福尼亚,每一百万人会有10-30人丧生,而在尼泊尔,可能导致1000人遇难,在巴基斯坦、印度、伊朗和中国的一些地方,可能会造成多达一万人死亡。
While the trigger of the disaster is natural — an earthquake — "the consequences are very much man-made," Jackson said. Except for landslides, which in this case are a serious problem, "it's buildings that kill people not earthquakes," Jackson said. If you lived in a flat desert with no water, an earthquake wouldn't harm you, but then few people want to live there.
尽管地震发生的原因是自然原因,“但它造成的后果大多是人为的,杰克逊说。除了山体滑坡,在这种情况下,这会是一个很严重的问题。“地震中杀死人的是建筑,而不是地震本身,他说。如果你住在平坦干旱的荒漠里,那地震根本就不会对你造成任何伤害,但是极少数人愿意住在那里。
"The real problem in Asia is how people have concentrated in dangerous places," Jackson said.
杰克逊说:“亚洲国家面临的真正问题是在一些危险区域,人口十分密集。
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