What Would a Large Earthquake Do to Downtown L.A.?

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Uploaded by on Jan 30, 2010

Courtesy USGS

USGS scientist Ken Hudnut fills us in on how science created the theoretical magnitude 7.8 earthquake behind the Great Southern California ShakeOut—the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history, coming Nov. 13—and what such an earthquake would do to downtown Los Angeles.

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  • im confused, even with the newest retrofitting technologies on today sky scrappers and freeway overpasses, are u saying thats still not good enough 4 the "big-1" ?

  • uhh we will be f**ked? Aint that obvious? Its like what will a nuclear bomb do in your house when it explodes.

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