An earthquake of intensity 3 in densly populated area is more devastating than intensity 5 in a sparsly populated area. Why?

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As an earthquake in a densely populated area results in many deaths and considerable damage.It can be considered to have more magnitude as a shock in a remote area that does nothing more than frighten the wildlife or were destroyed or damaged in sparsely populated area.

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