[124133] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Earthquakes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeroen van Aart)
Wed Mar 24 18:37:14 2010
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:35:31 -0700
From: Jeroen van Aart <jeroen@mompl.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <4BAA76F1.8000400@mtcc.com>
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Michael Thomas wrote:
> Something to keep in mind is that raw magnitude isn't the whole story. The
> ground composition is *much* more important when it comes to
> destructiveness.
> A 5.0 earthquake in the Netherlands might be extremely damaging because of
> liquifaction.
Yes the one I mentioned from the late 80s damaged buildings quite a bit
around the epi centre in the SE. That would be damage such as falling
roof tiles and cracks in walls. But then the Dutch do build a lot with
brick and mortar. That's a big no no in places like California.
