No fatalities reported yet for the largest quake in 25 years? That seems pretty impressive.
I have to guess that the years of tightening up enforcement of earthquake preparedness played a big part in that.
One death reported now, but yeah for a quake that strong it seems handled well.
Won’t someone think of the shareholder value that was lost by complying with these onerous earthquake building regulations?
I mean, it isn’t the strongest quake in 25 years. Unclear why the source is making that claim. From what I can tell, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami is. There have also been quite a few stronger quakes than this one in the past 25 years - I started making you a list and quit when I realized I’d exceeded 5.
My best guess is that the source meant strongest quake in 25 years in Taiwan, but why not actually say that if they meant it?
25 years in Taiwan, but why not actually say that
I forgot to mention that but the article does say that.
Thankfully, it seems that Taiwan is the opposite of Turkey and enforced its building codes.
Yeah this was pretty scary. Luckily we were ok here, just some things fell over and some scared pets but no injuries.
I’m going to be a pessimist here: China is paying close attention. A natural disaster would make a perfect smokescreen for an invasion of Taiwan.
