LiahSooSiew

[| Differece between Chile and Haiti before earthquake]

[|comparing preparedness of Chile and Haiti]

[|click here] to see how Chile was more prepared than Haiti. Chile with its wealthiness and its definitely better prepared, and its long history of earthquake experience, chileans were not as badly hurt. No living person in Haiti has encountered an earthquake when the January 12 disaster destroyed the country. Chile was also counted quite lucky as the earthquake centered towards the offshore, where not many people lived. Haiti was struck closer to the surface. **
 * The earthquake in Chile was way stronger than the one that hit Haiti. However, the death toll in Chile was much lower than Haiti.

"Earthquakes don't kill – they don't create damage – if there's nothing to damage," said Eric Calais, a Purdue University geophysicist studying the Haiti quake.

Death Toll in Haiti was around 220,000 people, while Chile's was only in the hundreds. In terms of energy from the epicenter, the earthquake in Chile was 501 times more powerful than the one in Haiti. But much more severe damage was done on Haiti. This shows that Chile was very prepared for earthquakes. Their experiences before gave told them to take precaution.