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Earthquake Shaking Could Be Worse for Vancouver - Skywise - 01-21-2014
Earthquake Shaking Could Be Worse for Vancouver
http://www.livescience.com/42705-vancouver-earthquake-damage-model.html
Vancouver, British Columbia, is one of the handful of major North American metropolises with no damaging earthquakes since modern seismic monitors were invented.
Without an earthquake record to provide insight into how the ground under the city shakes during quake, scientists aren't sure what will happen buildings in the City of Glass when a future earthquake strikes.
Full story at link.
It sounds like Vancouver sits in a sediment bowl like LA does. Not the place I want to be when Cascadia decides to do it's subduction thing.
Brian