„« 12,500 structures moderately to severely damaged leaving thousands of people temporarily homeless, after several days, 9,000 buildings were cut-off from electricity while 20,000 had no gas and 48,500 had a practically non-existent water supply. Most damage was caused by shaking, but ground slumping and several dozen fires triggered by the earthquake also caused substantial damage. There were extremely strong ground motions that were amongst the strongest ever recorded. This strong shaking and the
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