Central Cal Quake

"I have a feeling the building was old not built up to current earthquake standards."


janfrederick -
This is exactly the case. According to our local paper (I'm in Fresno, about 100 miles northeast of Paso Robles), the main buildings that collapsed were built in the late 1800s. Serious earthquake building codes didn't go into effent until the 1990s, so much of the town was not "up to code."

Al W. *** Edited 12/23/2003 10:39:51 PM UTC by Al W.***

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