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sanguine_feline t1_j9mw8u0 wrote

Reply to comment by Zaku0083 in Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Tajikistan, near border with China by Papppi-56

That's a bit of an understatement.

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Aldervale t1_j9ngh7e wrote

Yup, and we've only really been building with earthquakes in mind since the late 80s. So things will be pretty catastrophic if/when it hits.

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Nozinger t1_j9pa3cz wrote

Because noone knew of the danger. European settlers arrived in the pacific northwest after the last quake. It has been quiet ever since there was no reason to think there would be any danger.
It took some dead forests, a native american story of disappearing land and tsunami records from japan to realize just how dangerous cascadia really is.

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Aldervale t1_j9qvutp wrote

Oh ya 100%. I didn't mean to imply that there was anything corrupt or malicious about the fact we didn't consider it until a couple of decades ago. Just that a lot of buildings in the PNW are not ready for an 8+ magnitude earthquake.

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