What will be the possible consiquences or the damaging effects in Bangladesh for a major Earthquake?
A major earthquake 7.5 on the Richter scale might kill about 88,000 people and demolish 72,000 buildings and damage 86,000 others in the capital Dhaka. Such devastation in the port city of Chittagong could be more fatal claiming the lives of nearly 95,000 people and razing to the ground 1,42,000 buildings. This awful information was revealed by Bangladesh Earthquake Society President Prof Jamilur Reza Choudhury while presenting a keynote paper at a seminar on `Risk of Earthquake, Tsunami and Strom Surge in Bangladesh,’ organized by JICA Alumni Association on Tuesday night. Prof Chowdhury said the aforesaid prediction about loss of lives and damage to properties was made three months ago under the initiative of Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP). He said review of the available data shows that considerable seismic hazard exists for major parts of Bangladesh. According to seismic zoning map, About 25 million people, representing one sixth of the current total population o
