Dear Birkhe_Maila, Earthquake as such doesnot kill anybody. These buildings are going to kill people. And of course you can never take ambulance or Damkal to these house even if there is no earthquake. I saw the NSET study and they were calculating the amount of wood required to burn the dead ( arrgh !!!) Let me give one more picture.... I took this picture near Bhotahity..... They call it Handshake Building :-)