News reports on Earthquakes in an LEDC and an MEDC

Contents Page.

Page 1 – Introduction to report and Afghanistan Earthquake.

Page 2 – Afghanistan Earthquake

Page 3 – Afghanistan and beginning of Colombian Earthquake

Page 4 – Colombian Earthquake

Page 5 – Colombian Earthquake and Start of comparison

Page 6 – comparison and Preparation

Page 7 – Preparation and explanation of Richter Scale.







15/5/02
Think We’re Badly Off?

Think again, recently hit Afghanistan shows us what really can happen.

Afghanistan, particularly around Nahrin, was hit on the 25th of March 2002 by an earthquake that reached magnitude 5.9 on the Richter scale.
It struck just before 5:30pm catching people at the end of their daily routines, awake and subject to panic. 1,800 were known to be dead at the beginning as they began to cleanup the mess caused by the earthquake. 20,000 people were thought to be homeless, with the figure rising.

The town of Nahrim was the worst hit with the whole area being ...