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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Think a lot of this is just being in a rich country. California has earthquakes around this level that don't collapse entire cities. Cold snaps is a killer in countries without the wealth/resources to heat every where.
EDIT: this is a fair bit stronger than any earthquake California has had recently.. so that was incorrect.
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Japan might be a good example. They seem to have a lot of large quakes but have built to sustain most of them.
I honestly wonder how a 7.8 earthquake would impact the Vancouver area. I could see the same kind of destruction despite being a wealthier region than southern Turkey. I think once a quake is that bad, there isn't a lot you can do.
Coincidentally, I am in an emergency response exercise this weak in the LML with the scenario being a 6.8 quake hitting just off the coast. It is expected that such a quake would cause really significant damage, and isn't 7.8 like 10x stronger or something like that?