malbec said:Indeed.
I don't think 300+ is very few!!!
Just because they are latinamericans it doesn't mean they are few! If they had been from a developed country it would be a tragedy!
Sorry but the death toll for a quake this size is very small. Yes any loss of life is tragic, but this quake was in the top 10 of recorded earthquakes, so I actually think a death toll of less than 1,000 is amazing.
This quake was 600 times as powerful as the one in Haiti, and it is amazing that the death toll was not anywhere near as horrific.