... thedisaster(SikkimMinistryon21stSeptember2011).However,asthenetcapitalstockisatthemostapproximately$3.9billionUS(about200billionrupees) in SikkimaccordingtoCATDAT,itishardtobelievetheinitialassessmentoftheministry;thusthisvaluehasbeenignored.However,amorereliableestimateisapproximately$1.7billionUSdamagefortotaldamage in India. In additionabout$200millionUSdamagewascaused in Tibet(China),andslightlyhigher in easternCATDATDamagingEarthquakesDatabase–2011–TheYear in Review 16Nepal. ... ingearthquakeshaveoccurred in theworld,makingatotalof61knowncasualty‐bearingearthquakesfor2011.CATDATDamagingEarthquakesDatabase–2011–TheYear in Review 8Figure6–Thecasualtybearingearthquakes in 2011 in theCATDATDamagingEarthquakesDatabase.The Van earthquakes in Turkey in October and November ... hadunknownhomelesslevels.Thenumberofbuildingsdamagedordestroyed in eachofthe133damagingearthquakesisshown in thefollowingdiagram.Over1,000,000buildingsweredamaged in theJapanearthquake/tsunami.Figure7–Thenumberofbuildingsdamagedordestroyed in each2011CATDATdamagingearthquakeAlsoshownistherelativeextentofbuildingdamageincludingdestroyedbuildings,asaratioof0.85anddamagedbuildingswith0.15.ThisshowstheVan,Sikkim,ChristchurchandJapanearthquakesashavingthegreatestextentofdamagethisyear.CATDATDamagingEarthquakesDatabase–2011–TheYear in Review 12Figure8–Therelativebuildingdamageindex in each2011CATDATdamagingearthquakeThe...