meanwhile, 3 of the world's deadliest earthquakes in recorded history were in china. it looks like tall buildings and earthquakes may not see eye to eye.
world's top 10 deadliest earthquakes in history (they're mostly in asia!):
10. Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 1948 (110,000 fatalities)
9. Hokkaido, Japan, 1730 (137,000 fatalities)
8. Kanto, Japan, 1923 (142,000 fatalities; 38,000 burned with a fire tornado)
7. Ardabil, Iran 893, (150,000 fatalities)
6. Haiyuan, China, 1920 (200,000 fatalities)
5. Damghan, Iran, 856 (200,000 fatalities)
4. Aleppo, Syria, 1138 (23,000 fatalities)
3. Tansghan, China, 1976 (655,000 fatalities)
2. Indian Ocean, 2004 (227,898 fatalities)
1. Shaanxi, China, 1556 (820,000 fatalities)
(manila happens to be number 5 in the current list of most earthquake prone cities in the world. i doubt if it's reassuring that we don't own one of the world's tallest buildings.)
data source of top 10 deadliest earthquakes:
http://www.elistmania.com/Linkback:
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