Videos show powerful Taiwan earthquake tipping buildings to side, rattling homes 

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Exactly if this same earthquake was in SF the buildings wouldn’t withstand

Even glass facet is nearly intact.

There were several reasons why that building collapsed. A certain basic support point was not done well or the interior decoration had removed important supports. The building was located above a fault zone and could withstand stronger forces! But the building did not disintegrate. Basically, the quality of the project is still at a certain level!

IM IMPRESSED THAT THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE DID NOT STAY INTACT

I am amazed that building didn’t split when it tipped.

lets not say "very lucky" because 9 people still lost their lives. I get it, in totality and the bigger picture its "lucky" but nothing is lucky about anyone losing their life to anything

big quality differences between the 2 countries of Taiwan and China.

Since Taiwan is located in a high earthquake frequency area, the policy of our house building is "No damage with small earthquakes, Can be repaired with moderate earthquake, and No collapse with big earthquake." The building built before 1999 may not follow this principle because we amended the law after the tragedy of the 921 Jiji earthquake. And, of course, there are cases that just can't stand the big earthquake.

Yes, I recognize those Engineer symbols. COuld be San Diego based...

我當時住維冠大樓附近，不知道維冠大樓後續怎樣

it paid off big time.

@@user_thelongwayaround蓋新大樓了

@@og1885 哈哈，我的意思是法律上的後續。剛剛查了，四位建築師和一位負責人都被判5年。國賠的部分全部敗訴。

Amen from #TIMTVNYC24HRS

CHINA IS STRONGER!! 🇨🇳 💪

@@Dept246 And Taiwan is also a free country. 💪🇹🇼

⁠@@Dept246You mean Taiwan isn't part of China? u r right

@@spinachcarbide3518 Depends on who you ask. The DPP says Taiwan is country but the KMT says Taiwan is a part of China

Nope! This is just testament to how far earthquake code has come along

Because only these two buildings collapsed in Taiwan

Yes. Indications are the foundations are too weak. If they were stronger, more force would have gone into the structures. It's hard to say which is worse, but this looks survivable. Maybe this will become a new Earthquake code technique.

Now the government just start to find out the reason. In Taiwan, ground floor most are the space for running a business. Many time the business will reform the design. Like torn down some wall or polla. It will weaken the strength. I believe our Taiwan government will set more strick requirements on it. But this time was so scaring. Feel like apartment was going to apart.

Some people got out with ropes; you can see them on the sides of the building. And I was thinking, this is when you need cleats for climbing up and down on inclined, carpeted floors.

7.4

Pillows? Those aren’t two pillows!

GFM is just just a begging site, no different than standing on street corner w/a sign!! It's sad that he died as it's very sad for "any" death! But this is about begging, which is strictly for losers! She has one child & there's no reason in the world why she can't go to work, get a job like everyone else!!! Plenty of single moms work, handicap people work?! What do you think people did before GFM or the internet, they figured it out? People would be too proud to beg, they would get a 2nd job, sell something, etc... GFM is for losers, many people do this for funerals, when it cost about $2K for cremation, they beg for $30k & even more! It's complete nonsense & BS to Beg!!!

I don't want to have to research this but when you say he was with the aide trucks , were they sent out by the Red Cross or some other organization ? Was that a paid position or was he a volunteer ... just wondering if you would know . Some of those organizations have their own access to good PR and could probably get the story to the news as I really don't believe these channels really read the comments ... ?

Those are not life jackets, those are inflatable head protection gear.

Yes, they spent 12 days to tear down it, while the 5 cats and 4 chickens in the building were all saved.

@@tiro_taiwan 😏

they are common for school children since it can be put on the back of their chair when not in use and can easily be accessible at a moments notice.

I agree that is not gonna give any chance to save lives. I think adults were considerring that the head is important for everything. I disagree that you are missing a part of your body or you're paralized. I don't think that people in society will accept most of the handicaps to be at workplaces. I don't wanna be negative here, but that's not a solution overall. Especially, their future career will be affected if their body, which I have not included my assumption about the head yet. The discussion will be exponentially expanded when you have a problem to talk or conduct a meeting with it :). Hope they are ok.

@@ShiningSakura Run to where that does not have building or run to higher ground asap because sooner or later, the tsunami will come. Run but look and analyze the situation. Dont just run without consciousness.

@@kevrooofficialchannel It depends on where you live, I live in a place that is so far removed from the ocean and most buildings are built sound enough to survive a larger quake than this one. We are taught to get under a solid item like a table or chair and hold in place, if not then get out safely if that is faster or safer. Tsunamis aren't possible where I live, But a mega quake is possible so we build to make sure our homes will most likely survive making the need to run less of a need.

@@ShiningSakura oh ok interesting thanks. Yeah I'd rather have a helmet. Maybe it is like the "duck and cover" type thing during the cold war, to keep people from panicing i guess. IDK. Makes the kids feel safer, but isn't much protection imo.

You have no idea what you're talking about about

Do you really talk that way?

Earthquakes. No such technology even comes close to existing to create an explosive that massive- As if any irrational reason there’s some plot to attempt that isn’t absurd enough. Thanks

Aaaand here we go with the conspiracies. A nuke would not sway everything side to side, it would just lift everything up. Most importantly, Taiwan is in an area which is very prone to earthquakes. An earthquake makes MUCH more sense than whatever you think will happen if they detonate a nuke under Taiwan.

take you're conspiracies and got off the internet

It’s really not. This happens there. They have earthquakes, even big ones, every few years/decades. Earthquakes of this magnitude have been documented for hundreds of years. I lived in Taiwan for two years, on the East coast near where the recent earthquake happened. There were small earthquakes of magnitude 1-3 every couple of weeks when I was there. The biggest one during my time in Taiwan was 5.5, and that was the only one that really “rattled” me. Most of the earthquakes were barely noticeable. It’s actually remarkable that most of the buildings withstood the big earthquake yesterday. Notice that all the pictures of buildings that collapsed are the same handful of buildings, and those structures probably collapsed because the builders skirted around the building code regulations, which they will be held accountable for if that’s the case (Taiwan put builders in jail who skirted regulations and whose buildings collapsed in the 1999 earthquake). For the most part, Taiwan and other developed countries in the ring of fire like Japan now have strict building codes to ensure that buildings can withstand even large earthquake. Taiwan even has beacons in the ocean that can detect earthquakes 20 or so seconds before they happen so that people can take cover. Most of the deaths from the earthquake yesterday were from landslides and people stuck in tunnels rather than buildings collapsing. I’m not saying any of this to diminish the tragedy of the deaths and injuries that occurred, but just saying it’s part of life if you live in the ring of fire. The technology and regulations are constantly improving so that the earthquakes have less of an effect on daily life.

​@@KILLKING110Then how would we exercise our eye-rolling muscles?

@@AmateurHistorian999 Self reflection. Thanks

This. People these days mostly don't even know that 3 towers fell on 9/11.