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The 10 riskiest cities in the world

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The insurance giant Swiss Re has compiled a list of the 10 riskiest cities in the world for natural disasters.

Interestingly all of them are in Asia, except one.

Earthquakes, hurricanes, cyclones and tsunamis: the world's 10 riskiest cities | Cities | theguardian.com
  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    With the Cascadia subduction zone overdue for a major blowout, they may want to add Seattle to that list. . Seattle - High Rise city built on sediment with a major fault running through the middle of it that connects to a subduction zone that puts out some of the strongest quakes on earth.

    While it doesn't get hit frequently with large events, it's overdue for a mag 9+, so I'd call it risky. The ones listed, I guess, were chosen for frequency rather than potential strength of events?
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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      The ones listed, I guess, were chosen for frequency rather than potential strength of events?
      Probably. obligatory filler text
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    It seems insane to me that so many major Asian cities are situated in such flood-and-earthquake prone areas. Perhaps, though, because those populations have long histories of dealing with these natural disasters and continuing to thrive in their wakes, they will be able to continue to do this with less and less loss of life and property as technology advances.

    Still, I feel that populations may want to consider, and perhaps are, gradually migrating to nearby but safer areas, especially as technology changes the means of subsistence and reduces the need to live so close to major bodies of water. (Although, the recent example of the exploding population of the Pearl Delta is a fairly strong counterexample of this happening in contemporary times.)
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