Not much unless they are unreinforced brick. 5.6 is a moderate earthquake.
Northridge in 1994 was 6.7. Sylmar in 1971 was 6.6 If you hear the reference in California to 1971 earthquake standards, its referring to standards created after the Sylmar earthquake. I went through both of them. For a 5.6, if I'm in bed, I usually just threw the covers over my head. If I was up, I'd go under a doorway. For a 6+ I'd be under the doorway no matter what. (I think for Northridge, I was up and under a doorway in under 5 seconds). -----Original Message----- From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:53 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: EARTHQUAKE and yes i knonw the richter scale, and how it goes up exponentially and 5.6 and 6.7 are REALLY largely spaced due to this... but what does 5.6 do to buildings etc? -- tony Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > not that ive been through one, but is 5.6 THAT big? or is it kinda > normal hum drum? > > -- tony > > Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. > -- siddhartha gautama > > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci14383980.php >> >> 5.6.. about 10 miles from me. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:45 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: EARTHQUAKE >> >> Just had an good earthquake.. 2 minutes ago... >> >> So cal >> >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264912 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
