Re: Earthquake in Murcia
Originally Posted by houdini1
(Post 9360196)
Hi everybody. Terrible event for all concerned. Swiss newspapers featured it prominently this morning with pictures. I have a question : Does house insurance cover the poor people who lost or had their properties damaged ? Or is it simply force majeur and simply tough luck ?
However every insurance premium includes a significant contribution to the "Consorcio" which is a centrally held fund to cover these "uninsured" losses. By all accounts, especially after the major floods we had in Andalucia a few years ago, they pay out very efficiently. |
Re: Earthquake in Murcia
Originally Posted by houdini1
(Post 9360196)
Hi everybody. Terrible event for all concerned. Swiss newspapers featured it prominently this morning with pictures. I have a question : Does house insurance cover the poor people who lost or had their properties damaged ? Or is it simply force majeur and simply tough luck ?
As far as the structures are concerned, I think there must be a few question marks regarding the more recent building standards in Lorca. |
Re: Earthquake in Murcia
Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon
(Post 9359016)
OOOh - just saw this on Canadian News - my parents have a place in LA Manga but are back in the UK at present , so not sure if it was felt there- about 100k away.
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Re: Earthquake in Murcia
Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly
(Post 9360232)
As far as the structures are concerned, I think there must be a few question marks regarding the more recent building standards in Lorca.
I am pretty sure my house would survive such a quake but I would bet that the two chimneys would fall off. |
Re: Earthquake in Murcia
Originally Posted by Fred James
(Post 9360222)
In Spain natural disasters are excluded from insurance policies.
However every insurance premium includes a significant contribution to the "Consorcio" which is a centrally held fund to cover these "uninsured" losses. By all accounts, especially after the major floods we had in Andalucia a few years ago, they pay out very efficiently. http://www.abc.es/20110512/economia/...105121515.html |
Re: Earthquake in Murcia
Seen some videos of many people sleeping out in the open. The authorities didn't provide blankets, camp beds or anything. Surely they could have arranged something, the Japanese did and that was a lot worse.
Some blocks of modern flats seem to have collapsed. |
Re: Earthquake in Murcia
Originally Posted by jackytoo
(Post 9360342)
Seen some videos of many people sleeping out in the open. The authorities didn't provide blankets, camp beds or anything. Surely they could have arranged something, the Japanese did and that was a lot worse.
Some blocks of modern flats seem to have collapsed. Rosemary |
Re: Earthquake in Murcia
There is the internet you know:blink: It was a spanish video I watched and there was nothing except white plastic patio chairs last night. According to the spanish news the tents only arrived today!
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Re: Earthquake in Murcia
Originally Posted by jackytoo
(Post 9360750)
There is the internet you know:blink: It was a spanish video I watched and there was nothing except white plastic patio chairs last night. According to the spanish news the tents only arrived today!
It is always strange that we see different things isnĀ“t it. Watching the TVE news this morning there were many people in tents and it was still dark. Graham |
Re: Earthquake in Murcia
Originally Posted by jackytoo
(Post 9360750)
There is the internet you know:blink: It was a spanish video I watched and there was nothing except white plastic patio chairs last night. According to the spanish news the tents only arrived today!
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Re: Earthquake in Murcia
Originally Posted by The Oddities
(Post 9360488)
I know that you live in the UK now so have not had the opportunity to see the Spanish news coverage. I can assure you that there were a large number of tents, camp beds, blankets and plenty of food and water set up for the people.
Rosemary |
Re: Earthquake in Murcia
Originally Posted by mikelincs
(Post 9361524)
The BBC news showed that as well..
A very sad business, we should all be congratulating them for their coping skills not knocking them. Rosemary |
Re: Earthquake in Murcia
FGS...whatever. I make one post on what I saw and some have to turn it into an issue:thumbdown:
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Re: Earthquake in Murcia
Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly
(Post 9359566)
Having seen the remnants of some previously affected occurrences, I would never even consider buying a property in a high risk area myself.
I'm from Murcia. Do you know how many eartquakes I have suffered in Murcia in all my life? One earthquake! On February 99 and 3.5 of Richter. And it was not of my area The most seismic zone of Spain is the southeast, Murcia belongs to the southeast Spain, and in Murcia, one of the most seismic areas is Lorca, Mula, etc. And however, earthquakes are rare, so in generations never had consciousness or culture of earthquake. And this happens even in the most seismic country of Europe, Italy, or New Zealand in the "Pacific Ring of Fire" |
Re: Earthquake in Murcia
Originally Posted by Relampago
(Post 9361924)
Dick
I'm from Murcia. Do you know how many eartquakes I have suffered in Murcia in all my life? One earthquake! On February 99 and 3.5 of Richter. And it was not of my area The most seismic zone of Spain is the southeast, Murcia belongs to the southeast Spain, and in Murcia, one of the most seismic areas is Lorca, Mula, etc. And however, earthquakes are rare, so in generations never had consciousness or culture of earthquake. And this happens even in the most seismic country of Europe, Italy, or New Zealand in the "Pacific Ring of Fire" Minor tremors occur quite often in those high risk areas. It's only a couple of weeks back that the Spanish news showed the collapsed frontal areas of some cave houses as a result of a minor tremor. Having been around S.W. Spain a fair bit,I have seen quite a lot of old properties which have been deserted for similar reasons. Whilst the risk of death or serious injury may not be great, I would think the risk of damage to the foundations of old properties out in the sticks is probably a factor worth considering. Therefore not being a townie myself,I would definitely count those areas out in any property search. Apart from that I don't much like the climate there either. |
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