Quote Originally Posted by David75
The other thing I've been struck with, is that we have to wait like 13 minutes before having a hint at someone dead, which I think might be toned down a lot for a large scale earthquake happening in an area of high population density.
We actually didn't see that much area covered in the episode. Just the few places Mirai explored, which were mostly devoid of people, also dead ones. Moreover, the superstructure of the big building seemed somewhat earthquake resistant (like all public buildings of the recent decades should be in Japan).