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Millions at risk as big cities grow apace in earthquake zones

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The recent earthquakes in Taiwan, Turkey and Greece are a reminder that the world's urban population is increasingly vulnerable to earthquakes. About one-third of the world's supercities — those with populations of more than two million — are located near tectonic plate boundaries, where damaging earthquakes have occurred and will recur.

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Bilham, R. Millions at risk as big cities grow apace in earthquake zones. Nature 401, 738 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/44445

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