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BBC: 'Why did fewer die in Chile's earthquake than in Haiti's?'

Source(s): British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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The BBC reports on Chilean lessons learnt from the 1960 earthquake in building code and structural safety standards, and how, despite the recent earthquake having been of higher magnitude than the recent Haiti earthquake, Chile was better prepared.

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Hazards Earthquake
Themes Disaster risk management Structural safety
Country and region Chile

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