The earthquake, however, must be to every one a most impressive event: the earth, considered from our earliest childhood as the type of solidity, has oscillated like a thin crust beneath our feet; and in seeing the laboured works of man in a moment overthrown, we feel the insignificance of his boasted power.
An earthquake is the movement of the ground, resulting from pressure between tectonic plates. Some places experience many earthquakes because they are located near to an active plate boundary.
The highest economical damages (in US$) where accumulated in the Democratic Republic of Congo and China with each more than 100 billion US$, followed by Japan, Italy and New Zealand.
