Earthquakes

[jeroen at mompl.net (Jeroen van Aart)]

Michael Thomas wrote:
> Something to keep in mind is that raw magnitude isn't the whole story. The
> ground composition is *much* more important when it comes to 
> destructiveness.
> A 5.0 earthquake in the Netherlands might be extremely damaging because of
> liquifaction. 

Yes the one I mentioned from the late 80s damaged buildings quite a bit 
around the epi centre in the SE. That would be damage such as falling 
roof tiles and cracks in walls. But then the Dutch do build a lot with 
brick and mortar. That's a big no no in places like California.