Could Southern California Sustain Same Damage As Mexico City If 7.1 Magnitude Quake Hits?

TO MAKE SURE THAT FLIGHT IS
ACTUALLY TAKING OFF.
RICK: 7.1 EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO
CAUSED DEATH, INJURIES AND SER
SERIOUS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HAD A
7.1 QUAKE HERE IN L.A.?
ELSA RAMON IS THE ANSWER.
REPORTER: A LOT OF PEOPLE TURNED
TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND ASKING
SOURCES ARE THESE TWO CONNECTED,
DOES THIS MEAN WE'RE NEXT IN HOW
MUCH DAMAGE WOULD WE SUFFER IN A
MUCH 7 .1 EARTHQUAKE.
THE EARTHQUAKE CAUSED WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE.
IMAGES OF BUILDINGS CRUMBLED,
ALONG ARE RESCUERS SAVING PEOPLE
TRAPPED UNDER COLLAPSED
STRUCTURES, SENT FEAR TO MANY IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
ARE WE NEXT?
COULD WE SUFFER THE SAME DAMAGE
AND LOSS OF LIFE FROM A 7.1
EARTHQUAKE?
THERE WAS A LAKE THERE, IT
DRIED OUT, IT LEFT THE SEDIMENTS
THAT ARE LOOSE, HERE IN DOWNTOWN
L.A. WE HAVE A FACTOR OF 5
AMPLIFICATION BECAUSE OF SOIL,
MEXICO CITY IT IS OVER A FACTOR
OF 100.
REPORTER: ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHY THE 8.2 QUAKE OFF COAST OF
OAXACA ON SEPTEMBER 7 IN MEXICO
DID NOT CAUSE AS MUCH DAMAGE.
THIS IS CLOSER TO MANY MORE
PEOPLE, WHERE 8.2 WAS OFFSHORE,
AND A DEPTH OF 40 MILES DOWN,
THIS IS 80 MILES FROM MEXICO
CITY.
AND ABOUT 30 MILES DOWN.
AND WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE NEARBY.
PROXIMITY MAKES A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
REPORTER: AFTER L LAST NIGHT 3.6
JOLT OF THE FOUND, FEARS MAKE
PEOPLE WONDER IF MEXICO'S QUAKE
IS CONNECTED.
THIS IS A SIZE THAT HAPPENS
SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD MANY
TIMES PER HOUR, ONLY THING THAT
MADE IT NEWS WORTHY IT ON WEST
SIDE OF L.A. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
COMMENTED ON IT.
REPORTER: DR. LUCY JONES
REASSURING PEOPLE, SAYING THAT
THERE IS NO CONNECTION TALKING
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Could Southern California Sustain Same Damage As Mexico City If 7.1 Magnitude Quake Hits?

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