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Tokyo does just fine
by llamaimperative 2y ago
Tokyo does just fine
- otterley 2y agoAs does San Francisco.
- toast0 2y agoBuilding codes were updated, and I'd guess a similar earthquake today would have less damage, but San Francisco did not exactly do fine in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
- otterley 2y agoSkyscrapers weren't seriously impacted, though. The biggest damage was sustained by bridges and concrete road viaducts built in the 1950s and 1960s which were not built to modern standards.