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What Are The Economic Effects Of An Earthquake?

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What Are The Economic Effects Of An Earthquake? Panelists and audience members identified the need to project various types of economic impacts from a catastrophic earthquake, including: direct economic losses due to destroyed or severely damaged buildings and other structures (such as dams and lifeline systems), direct economic losses due to damaged or destroyed …

What Are The Economic Impacts Of An Earthquake?

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What Are The Economic Impacts Of An Earthquake? Social impacts Economic impacts Long-term impacts Disease may spread. People may have to be re-housed, sometimes in refugee camps. The cost of rebuilding a settlement is high. Investment in the area may be focused only on repairing the damage caused by the earthquake. Income could be lost.