Heartbreaking losses. I can’t imagine what the toll would be in a third world country, with such flimsy housing.
We had one here about 18 months ago that was 7.5+ nobody died. It is all in the building codes
Japan knows how to build for big quakes. But Nepal, just last year, now you’re talking real disaster. 8,000 dead and 21,000 injured in a 7.8 which is definitely huge.
I’ve been in two 6.1s and I pushed girls out of my way to hide...