Re:California's other drought: a major earthquake is overdue
by northwest66 on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @06:08PM
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I had to duck a few LCDs and drop ceiling tiles in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, 60 seconds would've been handy to hide under my desk.
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Re:California's other drought: a major earthquake is overdue
by antod on Thursday March 15, 2018 @04:50AM
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Based on the location of the epicentre, there was no way of getting a 60 sec (or any) warning if you were in Christchurch that day.
It would've been useful in the 2016 Kaikoura quake though - watching the models* of how that fault unzipped up the east coast of the South Island should've given Marlborough and Wellington some warning.
* Here's an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1HWet9j070