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To: TigerPaw who wrote (30002)	9/20/1999 3:59:00 PM
From: wily	Respond to of 93625

Hmm.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (30002)	9/20/1999 4:05:00 PM
From: richard surckla	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

>>No damage at all to the building.<< With a 7+ earthquake believe me you will have extensive damage. 7+ extremely powerful.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (30002)	9/20/1999 4:15:00 PM
From: Dave B	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

TigerPaw, It'll be hard to say (re: the earthquake). They're hard to judge and it's very geology-specific. I assume you're talking about the Loma Prieta earthquake in '89. Shortly after the quake I read an article that much of the energy of the quake went underneath San Jose. The article said that if the amount of shaking at the epicenter (~25 miles from San Jose) was indexed at 100, then San Jose shook at about 25. San Francisco, on the other hand, which is probably 50-60 miles away from Loma Prieta had a shaking of 50. Also, we had an apartment in SF at the time, though we were down here in San Jose when it hit. Our apartment was about 10 blocks up the hill from the Marina. The Marina was wasted -- roads were ripped open, houses fell off their foundations, etc. My wife's boss was one of the people who was allowed 15 minutes into the rubble to collect whatever they could before it was bulldozed. In our apartment, on the other hand, a stack of papers fell over. That was it. We'll just have to wait and see. Dave