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Why a rural area might be a safer place to experience an earthquake than a large city?

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Apparently, a large city consists of many infrastructures around. Once earthquake hits this area, there would be a very big chance that these buildings or bridges would collapse and this would result in more fatalities. In a rural area, you can only see a few of these and mostly, only plains or mountains are present.

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Apparently, a large city consists of many infrastructures around. Once earthquake hits this area, there would be a very big chance that these buildings or bridges would collapse and this would result in more fatalities. In a rural area, you can only see a few of these and mostly, only plains or mountains are present.
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