Earthquake

Dear mouse, The number of fatalities in Iran earthquake is growing. Among the disasters, earthquake claims the most number of lives because of other disasters that it causes like tsunami and fire. World history shows that Egypt had the biggest number of lives lost in 1201 temblor. While Iran, China and other earthquake -prone countries record similar devastating disasters centuries apart, it is interesting to note that after that killer earthquake, there was no more record of a repeat of the disaster in that country. What had it done? Japan built-earthquake resistant infrastructures while the State of California required its old buildings retrofit to make them earthquake-proof. The structures that collapsed in Iran were fortresses built from mudbricks similar to those in Intramuros . If I can still remember my Philippine history, the cohesive agent that made these bricks stuck together were the egg whites that the housewives donated to the government. But before I digress, mousey, let me give you the stats for disasters for earthquake only Year Location Dead Disaster 365 Crete 50,000 Earthquake 856 Iran 200,000 Earthquake 893 India; Iran 330,000 Earthquake 1138 Egypt; Syria 330,000 Earthquake 1201 Northern Egypt 1,100,000 Earthquake 1268 Cilicia (now Turkey) 60,000 Earthquake 1290 Northeastern China 100,000 Earthquake 1556 Central China 830,000 Earthquake 1667 Caucasus (now Azerbaijan)80,000 Earthquake 1693 Sicily 100,000 Earthquake 1703 Honshu, Japan 200,000 Earthquake 1730 Hokkaido, Japan 137,000 Earthquake 1731 Beijing, China 100,000 Earthquake 1737 Calcutta (now Kolkata), India 300,000 Earthquake; tornado 1755 Lisbon, Portugal 60,000 Earthquake 1779 Northern Iran 100,000 Earthquake 1783 Southern Italy 50,000 Earthquake 1868 Ecuador 70,000 Earthquake 1908 Sicily 75,000 Earthquake 1915 Central Italy 29,970 Earthquake 1920 Central China 200,000 Earthquake 1923 Tokyo-Yokohama 142,800 Earthquake; fire; tsunamis 1927 Central China 200,000 Earthquake 1932 Central China 70,000 Earthquake 1935 Western India (now Pakistan) 60,000 Earthquake 1939 Central Chile 30,000 Earthquake 1960 Western Morocco 12,000 Earthquake 1962 Northwestern Iran 10,000 Earthquake 1968 Northeastern Iran 11,588 Earthquake 1970 Western Peru 66,794 Earthquake; landslide 1972 Nicaragua 5,000 Earthquake 1976 Guatemala 23,000 Earthquake 1976 Northeastern China 240,000 Earthquake 1978 Eastern Iran 15,000 Earthquake 1980 Northern Algeria 5,000 Earthquake 1985 Central Mexico 7,200 Two earthquakes 1988 Armenia 25,000 Earthquake 1990 Northwestern Iran 40,000 Earthquake 1991 Southern Bangladesh 138,000 Cyclone; tsunami 1993 Central India 9,750 Earthquake 1995 Japan 5,500 Earthquake 1999 Northwestern Turkey 17,000 Earthquake 2001 Western India 20,000 Earthquake The Ca t