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    9 months ago

    People who live near active fault lines: “don’t even talk to me unless it’s a 6.0+”

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      9 months ago

      Remember, a lot of the structures in the tristate area were not designed with quakes in mind. A 4 or 5 might feel a lot more uncomfortable if you’re standing in an unreinforced masonry building that could topple if you fart too hard.

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        9 months ago

        I 100% agree. I was more joking that people who live near fault lines are elitist when it comes to the size of earthquakes…

        Humans are weirdly competitive

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          9 months ago

          100%. It’s the same when CA gets a ton of rain or when Texas gets a bunch of ice. The infrastructure wasn’t built for it.

          Although it was funny as fuck to see the NY governor do a press conference for a 4.x earthquake a state away.

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        9 months ago

        Also I believe the East has more bedrock so earthquakes are felt more strongly.