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Originally Posted by Danimal16
During the Northridge quake we saw the direct results of this on our water distribution system. The really old pipes over in the Santa Sussana hills had minimal damage if any. On the other side of the valley over by the Marr Ranch out in to Tapo Canyon, tons of broken pipes. Million gallon water tanks moved 15 inches snapping fittings. A lot was learned from that quake, like vertical accelerations CAN exceed one G.
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Danimal - are you involved with geological operations or Caltech?
My mum-in-law used to have a house right below the Hollywood Sign. A couple shakers shook that place hard, but it was very solid - almost jarring. I would think down in Santa Monica, the same type of shaking would have the house slipping off their foundation.