primary effects

• 1. 2 people died, over 50 injured 
• 1. Tens of thousands of homes damaged
• 1. 60 people in need of emergency  housing  
• 1. Damage in total: $8.5 billion  
• 1. Over 200 km of road and 190 km of rail  line destroyed 
• 1. Communications, water, sewerage,  and power supplies were cut off