When the big one hits here
Actually I'm fairly positive that this is a myth. Fault lines just need to release energy (in the form of slippage) at some time or another and there have been several small quakes over the past x number of years, releasing said energy. There's no reason to believe it'll all of a sudden go ape ****, other than pure hearsay.
Actually I'm fairly positive that this is a myth. Fault lines just need to release energy (in the form of slippage) at some time or another and there have been several small quakes over the past x number of years, releasing said energy. There's no reason to believe it'll all of a sudden go ape ****, other than pure hearsay.
It IS just a matter of when. Any natural occurrence is just a matter of time. Whether it's in our lifetimes or not is the only question.
Seems unlikely that it'll be in our lifetime. Besides, a lot of the city's planning and structural codes have been in lieu of a potentially huge earthquake. If it happened, the damage would be fairly significant (I'd guess most of the significant damage would be to things like water mains and power lines), but I don't think you'd see many toppled buildings and whatnot. The US being a fairly new country bodes well for the quality of structures they put up in comparison to countries that get decimated by earthquakes... no disrespect to any of these other countries, of course.
Although the effects of liquefaction have been long understood, it was more thoroughly brought to the attention of engineers and seismologists after the 1964 Niigata earthquake and 1964 Alaska earthquake. It was also a major factor in the destruction in San Francisco's Marina District during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Kobe Port during the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake, and was largely responsible for extensive damage to residential properties in Christchurch's eastern suburbs and satellite townships during the 2010 Darfield earthquake and the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that followed [3] on Feb. 22, 2011.
Seems unlikely that it'll be in our lifetime. Besides, a lot of the city's planning and structural codes have been in lieu of a potentially huge earthquake. If it happened, the damage would be fairly significant (I'd guess most of the significant damage would be to things like water mains and power lines), but I don't think you'd see many toppled buildings and whatnot. The US being a fairly new country bodes well for the quality of structures they put up in comparison to countries that get decimated by earthquakes... no disrespect to any of these other countries, of course.
Seems unlikely that it'll be in our lifetime. Besides, a lot of the city's planning and structural codes have been in lieu of a potentially huge earthquake. If it happened, the damage would be fairly significant (I'd guess most of the significant damage would be to things like water mains and power lines), but I don't think you'd see many toppled buildings and whatnot. The US being a fairly new country bodes well for the quality of structures they put up in comparison to countries that get decimated by earthquakes... no disrespect to any of these other countries, of course.
The quality of structures put up in the US? I think you forgot about San Francisco in 1989:
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Those are just a couple I found in about 30 seconds.
New building techniques only somewhat quell the incredible destructive force of mother earth rubbing one out.