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That's valid, I am not too too familiar with how the areas are designated just some big numbers of how many live there.
TIL, thank you!
Brutal. I am very worried to hear what the actual victim number is going to end up at. >

It will probably be around 50-60k. Almost 5000 buildings got destroyed. >

That is lowballing it >

Yes, I want the loss to be less than what I expect. 
Most of the destroyed buildings are 10-15 story buildings. Assuming there are 4 flats on each floor, you get 4 times the number that I say. >

People who haven't visited Europe and Asia don't know just how big and dense some of these areas are.
You think New York is large, sure 9 million is a lot of people.
Istanbul is what, 15 million? It's staggering to think about. >

That’s New York City proper, the New York City metro is 20 million plus. The US doesn’t have as many areas as densely populated as Europe and the Middle East but it does have some.