Mental_Medium3988 t1_j9ocu7b wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:31 PM

Reply to comment by jeffyoulose in Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Tajikistan, near border with China by Papppi-56

newer buildings are fine, and the newer the better. plenty of older buildings either cant be or arent retrofitted and those will be the problem. same up here in the pnw. i work in a warehouse and its gonna be fucked in a big one. people will likely die from ammonia exposure alone.

jeffyoulose t1_j9oeuyx wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:50 PM

True. Pacific north west does have subduction fault. Juan de fuca plate is full of them. So I definitely would worry about the PNW. But it also has less population than California with Seattle and Vancouver being the largest cities that are no where near the size of LA.