The 2010 Chilean earthquake killed 521 and damaged 500,000 buildings
Evidence
According to some sources, most of the 521 fatalities were due to the earthquake, while 124 were due to the tsunami (Fritz et al., 2011), with many more people being seriously injured. Around 500,000 buildings were severely damaged, and 9% of the population in the affected areas lost their homes. There were nationwide disruptions to power, roads, and telephone and other communications networks. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 109
Categorization
- corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 109
- XREF: connects to: The 2010 Chile earthquake-tsunami overwhelmed infrastructure and displaced nine percent of residents. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 109; The 1960 Chilean earthquake triggered mass movements covering 2.8 percent of Valdivia province — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 297