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I have many friends living there, and loads of them say this was the longest/strongest they remember feeling. Hope everyone is okay, the place is set up to be

by imrehg 9y ago

I have many friends living there, and loads of them say this was the longest/strongest they remember feeling. Hope everyone is okay, the place is set up to be resilient, but you never know until things happen....

imron 9y ago
Yep, it was strongest I've felt in 4 years of living here. There has also been a bunch of smaller earthquakes happening regularly over the last few days.
HumanDrivenDev 9y ago
the place is set up to be resilient I wish that were more true. In 2016, 116 people died in a building that collapsed in Tainan. "Reuters witnesses at the scene of the collapse have seen large rectangular, commercial cans of cooking-oil packed inside wall cavities exposed by the damage, apparently having been used as building material. Taiwan media has also reported the presence of polystyrene in supporting beams, mixed in with concrete."[1] --- "The municipality has mobilized a team of engineers and architects to survey the city and tag potentially dangerous buildings, marking at least 340 buildings at risk in the event of another earthquake. Of these 340, only 319 have been completely surveyed, with 48 found to be highly threatened buildings and 45 threatened buildings. The Kaohsiung City Government also designated two engineers to determine its threat level in the event of an earthquake, with only 14 at-risk buildings reported. All 14 have been surveyed, with two considered highly threatened and one threatened in the event of an earthquake, the city government said." [2] --- It's very likely more people will die in future earthquakes due to cost-cutting construction. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-quake-taiwan-crime/taiwan-developer-in-custody-after-deadly-quake-fells-building-idUSKCN0VI0DU https://www.reuters.com/article/us-quake-taiwan-crime/taiwan... [2] http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/02/14/2003639357 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/02/14/2...

by imrehg 9y ago

imron 9y ago

Yep, it was strongest I've felt in 4 years of living here. There has also been a bunch of smaller earthquakes happening regularly over the last few days.

HumanDrivenDev 9y ago

the place is set up to be resilient I wish that were more true. In 2016, 116 people died in a building that collapsed in Tainan. "Reuters witnesses at the scene of the collapse have seen large rectangular, commercial cans of cooking-oil packed inside wall cavities exposed by the damage, apparently having been used as building material. Taiwan media has also reported the presence of polystyrene in supporting beams, mixed in with concrete."[1] --- "The municipality has mobilized a team of engineers and architects to survey the city and tag potentially dangerous buildings, marking at least 340 buildings at risk in the event of another earthquake. Of these 340, only 319 have been completely surveyed, with 48 found to be highly threatened buildings and 45 threatened buildings. The Kaohsiung City Government also designated two engineers to determine its threat level in the event of an earthquake, with only 14 at-risk buildings reported. All 14 have been surveyed, with two considered highly threatened and one threatened in the event of an earthquake, the city government said." [2] --- It's very likely more people will die in future earthquakes due to cost-cutting construction. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-quake-taiwan-crime/taiwan-developer-in-custody-after-deadly-quake-fells-building-idUSKCN0VI0DU https://www.reuters.com/article/us-quake-taiwan-crime/taiwan... [2] http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/02/14/2003639357 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/02/14/2...