Which areas are relatively safer in East Bay when the next big earthquake hits?
Here are a couple of things you should know: there are lots of houses built on “fill” – many years ago, developers filling in miles of bay shoreline and we now have homes and condos built on that land – the problem is that during an earthquake of any duration – more than 1 minute long – this land liquefies – like sand does. Any structures built over garages that are not fortified will crumble. Next, the Hayward fault will most probably present us with the biggest earthquake – and be the epicenter somewhere along the Berkeley and Oakland Hills. Closer to the epicenter the more important that your house is not in a landslide zone, not built on a downslope using 2×4’s the only structural members supporting rooms, and seismically upgraded by an engineer.Both the house and the specific location are the indicators of how safe you and your family will be.
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