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I think the lack of damage from this shows a high degree of preparation. This same earthquake 50 years ago would have likely been much worse.

by eof 7y ago

ngold 7y ago
I was in Los Gatos for the epicenter of the 89 quake that was 6.7 I believe. It was pretty bad. It looks like this was handled much better.
- foota 7y ago
  6.7 is a lot stronger than a 6.4 though, as well.
  - iscrewyou 7y ago
    If we are splitting hair, a 6.4 can technically be more dangerous compared to a 6.7 if the waves and the oscillation of the building coincide and amplify.
    - alex_young 7y ago
      The Richter Scale is 10 x per full point. A 6.7 should be 4 times the strength of a 6.4
- pkaye 7y ago
  I was living in east bay during that time and just returned home from school. When the earthquake hit I could see the road create waves like a flipped rug. Fortunately no damage to our house.
- Stratoscope 7y ago
  Mind if I ask what part of Los Gatos you were in? I was near the corner of West Main and Bayview, a few blocks from downtown. We didn't have much damage, but walking through the neighborhood afterward I counted about 20 houses that slid off their foundations.
seandougall 7y ago
This was also relatively remote. If it had been, say, the East Bay, where there’s high population density and lots of older homes with unreinforced masonry foundations, the situation would look a lot different.
DoreenMichele 7y ago
Nah, there's just not a whole lot in that part of the world. When I lived in that general area, there was a 7.1 or 7.2 and I think there was one death. IIRC, it was due to a heart attack and locals joked it was in reaction to the amount of liquor bottles broken in some liquor store because photos of the broken bottles got splashed all over the papers as one of the bigger points of damage. A train was derailed in that quake and I think someone broke their arm but no one died because it was going unusually slow for a passenger train, having been scheduled behind a slow-moving freight train. We had aftershocks for weeks that interfered with my sleep. Some of the aftershocks were above a 5.0.

I think the lack of damage from this shows a high degree of preparation. This same earthquake 50 years ago would have likely been much worse.

by eof 7y ago

I think the lack of damage from this shows a high degree of preparation. This same earthquake 50 years ago would have likely been much worse.

ngold 7y ago

I was in Los Gatos for the epicenter of the 89 quake that was 6.7 I believe. It was pretty bad. It looks like this was handled much better.

foota 7y ago
6.7 is a lot stronger than a 6.4 though, as well.
- iscrewyou 7y ago
  If we are splitting hair, a 6.4 can technically be more dangerous compared to a 6.7 if the waves and the oscillation of the building coincide and amplify.
  - alex_young 7y ago
    The Richter Scale is 10 x per full point. A 6.7 should be 4 times the strength of a 6.4
pkaye 7y ago
I was living in east bay during that time and just returned home from school. When the earthquake hit I could see the road create waves like a flipped rug. Fortunately no damage to our house.
Stratoscope 7y ago
Mind if I ask what part of Los Gatos you were in? I was near the corner of West Main and Bayview, a few blocks from downtown. We didn't have much damage, but walking through the neighborhood afterward I counted about 20 houses that slid off their foundations.

seandougall 7y ago

This was also relatively remote. If it had been, say, the East Bay, where there’s high population density and lots of older homes with unreinforced masonry foundations, the situation would look a lot different.

DoreenMichele 7y ago

Nah, there's just not a whole lot in that part of the world. When I lived in that general area, there was a 7.1 or 7.2 and I think there was one death. IIRC, it was due to a heart attack and locals joked it was in reaction to the amount of liquor bottles broken in some liquor store because photos of the broken bottles got splashed all over the papers as one of the bigger points of damage. A train was derailed in that quake and I think someone broke their arm but no one died because it was going unusually slow for a passenger train, having been scheduled behind a slow-moving freight train. We had aftershocks for weeks that interfered with my sleep. Some of the aftershocks were above a 5.0.