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Figure 5. Distribution of economic losses from occasional events (mil. US dollars) per annum for: floods
(F), earthquakes (E), and hurricanes (H). Data on the USA for 1900-1989 (earthquakes and hurricanes)
and for 1986-1992 (floods). Lines are plots for the approximating power-distribution with exponent of
power
b = 0.74 (floods),
b = 0.98 (hurricanes), and
b = 0.41 (earthquakes).

Citation: Rodkin, M. V., and V. F. Pisarenko (2008), Damage from natural disasters: Fast growth of losses or stable ratio?, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 10, ES1004, doi:10.2205/2007ES000267.
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