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Originally Posted by Kybosh
Whenever an event like this happens, I wonder how Canada's west coast would fare. I know that Vancouver has been trying to design and upgrade buildings to withstand earthquakes but I wonder how they rank against a country like Japan. I've never seen any tsunami or earthquake warning type infrastructure on Vancouver island or in the Vancouver area. I visit Vancouver occasionally but maybe someone living in the area could fill me in?
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http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source...81vvVuKTVkDF7w
"A prominent earthquake expert sounded the alarm about the vulnerability of private apartment and office towers in B.C. after the quake, saying authorities should start looking at "the many" apartment and office buildings that would likely sway and collapse."