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Originally Posted by dd74
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.
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No, not that smart. But did alot of seismic retrofits. There are some folks on this board though that know the region better than I do. I concentrated on the formations in Simi Valley. We did have some large slabs slide into a farm back along the Mine Road area, at the end of Tapo Canyon. I just had an interest in lifeline engineering as it related to the water systems. Specifically to assure adequate water supply to prevent what is called a "fire following" event. See the great San Francisco earthquake on how devastating one of those deals can be. Also, it was the fires that did the killing in the Hashin (Kobe) quake. The dead were trapped in their collapsed tile roof homes and burned to death. Gruesome stuff.