25 March 2010

Quake

Today, there was an earthquake in some parts of Metro Manila at a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter Scale. I was in Manila but didn't feel it but news reports proved it to be frightening to people who were, at that time on higher floors of a building. Fortunately, no one got hurt. I remember, the day after Chile was hit by a devastating quake, I was in Hong Kong and as I was wandering around the city, I was thinking that I wouldn't want to be there if it got hit by an earthquake(multiple knocks on wood).

From wikipedia.com: Hong Kong is mountainous and there are a lot of steep slopes. According to Emporis, there are 7,681 skyscrapers in Hong Kong, putting the city at the top of world rankings. The high density and tall skyline of Hong Kong's urban area is due to a lack of available sprawl space, with the average distance from the harbour front to the steep hills of Hong Kong Island at 1.3 km (0.8 mi), much of it reclaimed land. This lack of space causing demand for dense, high-rise offices and housing, has resulted in 36 of the world's 100 tallest residential buildings being in Hong Kong, and more people living or working above the 14th floor than anywhere else on Earth, making it the world's most vertical city.
I mean just look at where almost all of them live.


It's like this everywhere, high rise, high rise, high rise.

Sources: emporis.com
wikipedia.com
abs-cbnnews.com


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