Differences and Comparisons between the Iran and California Earthquakes.

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Differences and Comparisons between the Iran and California Earthquakes:

The recent Iran and California earthquakes have caused many deaths between them and have made many people aware of how serious the threat of earthquakes is to humans.

The recent Iran earthquake which hit the town of Bam situated in the south eastern part of the country has taken many casualties with it many of whom have died reports at the moment suggest that up to 30,000 people have either been injured or have died in this earthquake. With a magnitude of only 6.3 on the Richter scale the earthquake took so many lives because of a lack of shock absorbers in buildings which the services had not provided to buildings which could have damage inflicted upon them easily.

The people of the town of Bam had no knowledge of what to do in the event of an earthquake this was due to poor service from the earthquake authorities in Iran as they are well aware that Iran is a centre point for earthquake activity.

Sub standard construction were the main cause of death, as many people’s houses could not stand the stress put upon them from the earthquake many died because their houses collapsed on them. Reports suggest that many of the buildings were made of mud and weak brick these were then covered with a heavy roof. The lower part of the buildings could not cope with the weight of the heavy roof therefore collapsing.

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The city of Bam was urbanised to a high extent as there had been a rapid growth in population and many people had decide on constructing there on houses. By constructing their houses by themselves people had not constructed them to a high quality and had used cheap materials again this caused the houses to collapse on them.

People were not able to get medical treatment in the aftermath of the Earthquake as the town’s two hospitals had been destroyed in the quake.

In contrast to the Bam earthquake a similar type of earthquake occurred in the ...

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