As a chilean is impressive for me how many people die of earthquakes in other parts of the world, This is not a natural disaster but a very human one, a totally preventable one, Sadly Afghanistan is too poor and unstable to put in place proper seismic regulation but still a lot can be done imo.
is just aaahhhhh.
to a certain extent it’s a failure of government - yes, a natural disaster is what it is, but in some countries that suffer earthquakes very few deaths are attributed to earthquakes (Japan for example).
No no, not to a certain extent chile is a countrly like the ones you describe, and like, life continues as normal as soon as the quake stops usually with quakes in the lower 6 here.
obviously it will not be the same based on depth and kind of terrain, but still, people shouldn’t die for a quake like this, like almost at all.
Chile’s geography is far more mountainous and far fewer folks perish in earthquakes - their civil construction is lightyears ahead of Afghanistan & a large part of that is due to a relatively stable government (even when the dictator was ruling, that was still true).
all true, I’m bot even saying that this disaster was really that unavoidable, but human in nature and with people at fault.
agreed - which is why I stated that it was a failure of government
This is the best summary I could come up with:
More than 2,000 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck western Afghanistan, the Taliban said Sunday, as the nation reels from another quake at a time of deep economic crisis.
Afghanistan has suffered significant damage from a series of recent earthquakes amid an ongoing dire economic and hunger crises, killing and displacing tens of thousands combined.
But its ability to respond to natural disasters has been further hampered since the Taliban seized power in 2021 following the chaotic US withdrawal, an event that saw many international aid groups pull out.
A deadly quake in March struck northeastern Afghanistan, sending residents fleeing from their homes as it brought down entire buildings and triggered devastating landslides.
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake last June in the eastern Paktika and Khost provinces bordering Pakistan, killed more than a thousand people and sent aid groups scrambling to reach victims and survivors in areas blighted by poor infrastructure.
And a 5.6 magnitude earthquake on January 17, 2022 struck Badghis, another western province near Herat bordering Turkmenistan, killed more than 20 people and reduced hundreds of brick homes to rubble.
The original article contains 544 words, the summary contains 183 words. Saved 66%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
deleted by creator
