Watch what a 6-magnitude earthquake does in China vs. the US


Over 100 people have been treated for injuries from the earthquake in Napa, California, but no deaths were reported. Earthquakes are much, much more deadly in other parts of the world. Earlier this month, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake killed hundreds in Southwestern China. The video above explains why.

Here’s the data on each earthquake from USGS:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000rzmg#shakemap
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#shakemap

Produced by Joss Fong and Joe Posner
Images courtesy of Getty, AFP, and China Foto Press
Video footage from:

RT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PpKtrll7Gg
Evan Kilkus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os6lDQumfv0
K. Ewell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRUeyCk7Zs8
Jorge Medeira: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFJKXKr9H0
Artem Russakovskii: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgbamj5A8kE
ODN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2Oh-6wpNHE

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