I just had my first earthquake.

[sapphi_snake]

brendude13 said:

sapphi_snake said:

brendude13 said:

sapphi_snake said:

brendude13 said:

I know right, I could never live there.

Not only is it one of (if not THE) most populated region(s) in America but it's sitting on a fault line that is well overdue a large earthquake.

I shouldn't be criticising though. One of these days there's gonna be a huge earthquake here too, and I'm certainly not doing anything regarding relocation.

You are fairly close to a plate boundary, you should be alright though.

In 1977 there was a massive earthquake where I live, and the city was totaled. Many people died.

...Oh...

Maybe you are a little bit closer to the plate boundary than I thought.

Do houses now have quake proofing? What magnitude was the 1977 one?

The 1977 one had a magnitude of 7.2 and was felt in the entire Balkan Peninsula, and also in the neighboring states of the Soviet Union at the time (Ukraine and Moldova). The town of Zimnicea was vitually destroyed In 1940 there was another big one (7.7) and the biggest one was in 1802 (7.9). The casualties of the 1977 one were: 1.578 dead, 11.300 wounded, 35.000 damaged/collapsed buildings (over $2 bln. worth of damages).

And I'm not sure if my building is quake proofed...