Description: About 130 million people were found to be exposed on average every year to earthquake risk. The left hand axis of Figure 2.3 shows the fifteen countries with the largest absolute populations exposed to earthquake hazard. Populous Asian states ( Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines) top the list with the Americas (USA, Chile, Mexico), Turkey and India also included. The right hand axis displays the fifteen countries with the highest proportion of their populations exposed to earthquake hazard. Smaller island states (Vanuatu, Guam, Papua New Guinea) and Central American states (Nicaragua, Guatemala) top the list.
Published in: Reducing Disaster Risk: A Challenge for Development - A Global Report.
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