A7.0magnitude（级）earthquakekilledmorethan230000peopleinHaiti.Thenan8.8magnitudequakekilledmorethan900peopleinChile.Andfewweekslatera6.0magnitudequakestruckruraleasternTurkeykillingatleast57people.
Theearthquakeskeptcominghardandfast. 1 It’snot.Theproblemiswhat’shappeningabovegroundnotundergroundexpertssay.
2 They’rerapidlyputtingupbuildingsthatcan’tstanduptoearthquakesscientistsbelieve.
Andnewsreportsandbetterearthquakemonitoringmakeitseemasifearthquakesareincreasingallthetime.
Onaveragethereare134earthquakesayearthathaveamagnitudebetween6.0and6.9.Sofarthisyeartherehavebeen40earthquakes—morethaninmostyearsforthattimeperiod.Butthat’sbecausethe8.8quakeinChilecausedalargenumberofstrongaftershocks.
Alsoit’snotthenumberofquakesbuttheirdestructiveeffectsthatgainattention.Thedeathislargelyduetobuildingstandards 3 PaulEarleaUSseismologistcalledforbetterbuildingstandardsintheworld’sbigcities.
Ofthe130citiesworldwidewithpopulationsofmorethanImillionmorethanhalfarelikelytobehitbyearthquakes. 4 “Ifyouhaveaproblemfeedingyourselfyou’renotreallygoingtoworryaboutearthquakes”saidPaul.
Theearthquakesmadeeveryonestarttothink 5 “Peoplearepayingattentiontotheviolentplanetwe’realwayslivedon.Comebackananothersixmothsiftherehasbeennoearthquakesmostpeoplewillhaveforgottenitagain”saidUSdisasterresearcherDennisMileti.
A．Butitwon’tlast.
B．Morepeoplearemovingintobigcities.
C．Earthquakesdon’tkillpeoplebuildingsdo.
D．Therehavebeenmoredeathsovertthepastdecadefromearthquakes.
E．Manypeoplebegantowonderifsomethingterribleishappeningunderground.
F．Whileitseemsasifthearemoreearthquakesoccurringtherereallyaren’t.
G．Butdevelopingnationswithgrowingpopulationsdon’tpayattentiontoearthquakepreparedness.
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