Californians, have no fear of this man behind curtain. Good ole California with its ever changing and constantly updated building code is taking quakes into account.
Extremely impressed at the minimal building damage (leaving aside the power plants) in Japan. Swaying buildings. Amazing.
Don’t think the U.S. will hold up as well should the same size quake hit.
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Poorly, I'd like to add.
Our older houses are standing up to quakes far better than the recent ones. Houses are being built too rigid, and the result is foundation ruptures are becoming the rule rather than the exception in California.
LOL. No kidding, every time we have an earthquake, the building department adds more holddowns and shearwalls. But gotta say, it's working.