8.2 earthquake strikes Chile; 7.6 aftershock reported, six dead

It was powerful earthquake, but I'm surprised that the buildings and homes handle it pretty well which help a lot to reduce fatalities.
 
I wonder if they have better construction over there to withstand the strong earthquakes? With so many old buildings in California, I suppose many of them would not survive this size.. :dunno:

authentic said:
It was powerful earthquake, but I'm surprised that the buildings and homes handle it pretty well which help a lot to reduce fatalities.
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Calvin said:
I wonder if they have better construction over there to withstand the strong earthquakes? With so many old buildings in California, I suppose many of them would not survive this size.. :dunno:
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San Francisco and Bay Area handled Loma Prieta earthquake pretty well. We have stricter building codes, and I think we should be fine when powerful quake hits.

Important is to avoid stand or walk by next to old church or old building when quake happen.
 
My dad works on constructions. He says the houses are build to withstand as much as possible earthquakes. I know its not as big as the 8.2 but when we had the 7.2 here the only building to have serious damage was the high school other than that everything was ok. (High school was made woth no exaggeration about 100 years ago and not exactly modernized)
 
Got quakefeed app alert on my iPhone about Iquique. lots of quakes there between 4.8 and 6.2 last night and early morning. Wow.
 
authentic said:
San Francisco and Bay Area handled Loma Prieta earthquake pretty well. We have stricter building codes, and I think we should be fine when powerful quake hits.

Important is to avoid stand or walk by next to old church or old building when quake happen.
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Same as Japan's earthquake included Tsumani. I watched the history channel about building to be improving like SF bay to keep building stay safe from shaking as earthquake.

The engineers had build the underground in sea below. That was interesting to learn about Japan, SF to keep shake proof and not collapses the building down include bridges.

Check the link. http://www.popularmechanics.com/tec...uake-proof-building-that-is-built-to-collapse
 
Calvin said:
I wonder if they have better construction over there to withstand the strong earthquakes? With so many old buildings in California, I suppose many of them would not survive this size.. :dunno:
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authentic said:
San Francisco and Bay Area handled Loma Prieta earthquake pretty well. We have stricter building codes, and I think we should be fine when powerful quake hits.

Important is to avoid stand or walk by next to old church or old building when quake happen.
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Yes, CA uses most earthquake-resistant buildings (rubber bearing) My friends showed me that when I visited to CA. It was pretty cool.

Like that.
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No wonder CA got high tax for state.
 
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