Question: Read the "Case Study Earthquake!" in the opening of chapter 14, Cunningham. Answer the following.
1. Contrast the two earthquakes that hit Haiti and Chile in 2010. What factors were seen as to why the two countries differed in the effects of the earthquakes?
2. A magnitude of 8.8 in the Richter Scale is 63.095 times "bigger" than a magnitude of 7 (logarithmic scale). It is 501.817 times stronger (according to the energy released). One would have expected greater catastrophic damage in Chile than in Haiti but records showed otherwise. Why?
3. If you are an engineer or a legislator, what are your recommendations so as to avoid a similar scenario like that in Haiti?