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QUAKE
STATISTICS
By
Thomas E. Miller, Esq. and
THE MILLER LAW FIRM
INTRODUCTION:
In
the last 45 days, news floods & earthquakes have trapped the
cover of newspapers all across the world from disasters that
have caused billions of dollars in damage and a death toll
reaching 20,000 people. California
is not immune to these events.
Since 989, 16 federally declared and hundreds of state
disasters have occurred. These
include floods, earthquakes, freezes, civil disturbances and
landslides.
Here
are some startling statistics:
1998
LANDSLIDES AND EL NINO STORM
63
landslides across California
35 counties declared federal disaster areas
1500 families evacuated
200 structures destroyed
$22 million paid by Federal Government to landslide victims
FLOODS
HURRICANE
FLOYD: SEPTEMBER 17, 1999
- Largest
peacetime evacuation in the history of the United States
- 1.8
Million Households in nine states were without power
28 deaths in 24 hours
- Estimated
property and agricultural damage in the billions
HISTORY'S
COSTLIEST QUAKES
TURKEY
- AUGUST 17, 1999
- 7.4
MAGNITUDE
- 16,000
PEOPLE DEAD/INJURED
- DAMAGE
IN DOLLARS STILL UNKNOWN
TAIWAN
- SEPTEMBER, 1999
- 7.6
MAGNITUDE
- 2100
PEOPLE KILLED
- 8100
INJURED
- $5
TO $10 BILLION RECONSTRUCTION DAMAGES
CALIFORNIA
QUAKES:
LONG
BEACH, 1923
LOMA
PRIETA QUAKE ON OCTOBER 17, 1989
SYLMAR,
1971
- 65
DEATHS
- $500
MILLION PROPERTY DAMAGE
OAKLAND,
1989
NORTHRIDGE
QUAKE ON JANUARY, 1994
- 6.7
MAGNITUDE
- 50
DEATHS
- $40
BILLION IN DAMAGE
- MOST
COSTLY NATURAL DISASTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE U.S.
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