The only first-world cities on the list were in Japan: Tokyo, Nagoya and Kobe. Fatalities in these cities were estimated in the hundreds, not thousands.
Kobe lost over 5000 in the 1995 earthquake.
3 posted on 01/16/2010 8:10:20 PM PST by buccaneer81
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The only reason why cities are destroyed easy is because of very lax building code standards. These cities made mostly mase from brick need rebar.
6 posted on 01/16/2010 8:12:46 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Werner Von Braun)