not living in an earthquake zone means that most apartment buildings are much taller, thus packing more and bigger apartments into the same spaceSouth Korea is an earthquake zone. Its earthquakes are less frequent and on average of considerably lower magnitude than neighboring Japan, whose earthquakes are also felt in South Korea, but it is nevertheless an earthquake zone. The biggest are usually in the 4- or 5-point range on the Richter scale.
Earthquakes are considered in construction, but like Kobe in 1995, I fear that if an unusually large earthquake (say 6.0 or higher) were to occur, some buildings would be rendered useless, even if they don't topple onto their residents (Korea's ubiquitous use of ferro-concrete construction bodes well for earthquake survival).
Not that any of this has to do with sociology, and your point about how it affects housing is apt.
totally woke up, said “what the hell is that?” to jeff, and promptly fell back asleep. but i've been reading through everyone's earthquake survival stories, and i think yours is the best– no one can beat james claiming it was marshall the cat!
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not living in an earthquake zone means that most apartment buildings are much taller, thus packing more and bigger apartments into the same spaceSouth Korea is an earthquake zone. Its earthquakes are less frequent and on average of considerably lower magnitude than neighboring Japan, whose earthquakes are also felt in South Korea, but it is nevertheless an earthquake zone. The biggest are usually in the 4- or 5-point range on the Richter scale.
Earthquakes are considered in construction, but like Kobe in 1995, I fear that if an unusually large earthquake (say 6.0 or higher) were to occur, some buildings would be rendered useless, even if they don't topple onto their residents (Korea's ubiquitous use of ferro-concrete construction bodes well for earthquake survival).
Not that any of this has to do with sociology, and your point about how it affects housing is apt.
totally woke up, said “what the hell is that?” to jeff, and promptly fell back asleep. but i've been reading through everyone's earthquake survival stories, and i think yours is the best– no one can beat james claiming it was marshall the cat!
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