Chile's high-quality buildings to reduce earthquake casualties

A spokesman for the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Brigitte Leonie March 2 in Geneva, said that Chile was to take preventive measures to reduce the impact of disasters as a good example. He said that the building earthquake codes implemented to reduce casualties in the earthquake has played an important role.

A spokesman for the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Leonie said that despite the intensity of such a large earthquake in Chile, but only 700 deaths. He said that the construction standards of the shock many people survived.

Leonie said that Chile has a long history of disaster preparedness. It is incorporated in the engineering construction vibration considerations. This point is 1.5 million building was damaged but none have been completely destroyed by the fact has been reflected.

Chile, the first after the earthquake disaster assessment, February 27 took place a strong 8.8 magnitude earthquake had occurred, at least 121 times more than intensity of five aftershocks. 200 million people affected by the earthquake, 1.5 million houses were damaged, 723 people were killed.