Figure 1.

(Up) Map illustrating the active faults of the world and the epicenters of the earthquakes included in the study. (Down) Distribution of the countries affected by earthquake-triggered infectious diseases. The affected countries are located within the red fault zones. The global fault zones are from Styron and Pagani [67]. WS: Samoa, USA: United States, HT: Haiti, SV: El Salvador, CR: Costa Rica, EC: Ecuador, CO: Colombia, IT: Italy, GR: Greece, TR: Turkey, IR: Iran, PK: Pakistan, NP: Nepal, CN: China, ID: Indonesia, PH: Philippines, TW: Taiwan, JP: Japan.