Awwww, look at Maine and its cute little earthquake

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

While Charles causes more shaking when jumping on the bed than a 3.9 I have to agree with Morrigon about the potential construction destruction problems of the East Coast. When I travel to the East of Midwest, I am always amazed my the amount of brick buildings that exist. You ust don't see much of that in the West. However, brick construction is not the most reliable in an earthquake. A 4.0 could have far more devistating effecs in the East than in the West.

Too true, when I moved to VA, I was amazed at all the brick, it is everywhere! And the first thought I had was, whoa, if there was an earthquake this would be a real mess!

I'm still amazed at many of the brick structures in SF, most retrofitted with those ugly things on the outside of the buildings, but I expect sometimes half of Chinatown to crumble in the next big one.