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MDCs and LDCs both experience earthquakes - but what's the difference in damage?
This video explains the difference in impact based on foundations and their substrates.

More information on the science behind earthquakes; the earth's structure, plate tectonics, and a brief introduction to what MDCs and LDCs are.

Everyone knows about the devastation caused by the 2011 Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake, but how much damage did it do, really?

(Hint: a lot.)

But what about the 2015 Nepal (Gorkha) Earthquake - the worst natural disaster to strike the place since 1934.  Just how great was the impact of it on the country, an LDC?

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