Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Holistic way to measure the economic fallout from earthquakes

Officials know how to account for deaths, injuries and property damages after the shaking stops, but a study based on a hypothetical 7.2 magnitude quake near San Francisco, describes the first way to estimate the far greater financial fallout that such a disaster would have, especially on the poor.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2XTTYGX

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