Downtown Los Angeles: Earthquake Comparison!

[@11Elver]

Why was i recommended this when we literally had an earthquake today in LA

[@EarthquakeSim]

That’s how KZbin works :) I’ve had people who were watching this video WHILE the earthquake happened :)

[@pugthegoat8360]

@@EarthquakeSimlol I just watched this last night and then today the earthquake happens lol

[@xsavierarellano-nava6607]

💀

[@crackfare1989]

CIA, FBI, etc. Who knows?

[@pR0ManiacS]

If you literally had an earthquake then people searched on internet los angeles earthquake. Wich happens to be in this title also. Probably people searched some news surfed internet a bit more and stumbled upon this video , they watched the entire video since its interesting so the algorithm decides that this is one of the most accurate answers to the entry : los angeles earthquake. The device u use is connected to internet. You have an ip adress that sends location or indicates location. So los angeles people boosted views of this video because of the earthquake.

[@JINXED_OUT626]

Crazy. I watched this video the night before and thought to myself "Scary. I wonder when a next quake will happen?" Sure enough i wake up to my apartment shaking. 4.7 Mag in LA today.

[@EarthquakeSim]

I got the notification!! And noticed that this video had more views yesterday… crazy coincidence!!!

[@JINXED_OUT626]

@@EarthquakeSim Right??? That is crazy! I appreciate your amazing work for this reason good sir!

[@JustabushcamperYT]

​@@JINXED_OUT626description? Lol

[@MrFoxANDnoobie]

MY HOUSE FELL DOWN

[@EarthquakeSim]

hopefully the insurance people are working today

[@EarthquakeSim]

what if their house also fell down? would they also work today?

[@MrFoxANDnoobie]

@@EarthquakeSim my home is cooked then

[@bestGregoryN]

@@MrFoxANDnoobie oh no

[@bestGregoryN]

That is bad

[@kiefcoffee]

LA native and hugee geography nerd, thank you so much for the maps detailing each fault !!

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@kiefcoffeethank you so much for watching!! Please share this video with your friends :) and stay tuned for more simulations!!!

[@VloneKid25]

@@EarthquakeSimif the fault lines are miles from downtown does downtown experience softer shaking than the start point or is it the same

[@linedanzer4302]

Yes. Those maps are gold.

[@michelefritchie6198]

Biggest earthquake I've been in was the Northridge Quake. The year of aftershocks almost drove us nuts! Recently, we had a few mild EQs, no damage, but they sure keep you on your toes!

[@EarthquakeSim]

it's been 30 years since the Northridge quake. I'd say the LA basin is kind of "overdue" for 2 big quakes. A magnitude +7 from the San Andreas fault and a +6 on a normal/strike-slip/blind fault

[@GutekZ]

Didn’t we just have a 7.1 in 2019 in Ridgecrest?

[@isaiahadams8172]

@@GutekZ yes but that isn’t the LA basin. That out in the Mojave desert in Kern County, well over 100 miles from LA

[@McKeelix]

I wasn’t even alive yet during Northridge, but my parents sure were! Their apartment shook so badly they thought they were gonna end up in the underground parking garage. After it jolted them out of bed, my mom recalls that she tried to get to the china cabinet to save their wedding gifts, but she couldn’t because she was getting thrown from wall to wall in the corridor between the bedroom and the kitchen. Dad pulled her back into the room and they sheltered together away from the window. Mom later found out that the glass and crystal wares had practically been reduced to dust, and the glass doors on the cabinet had shattered. Dad left after the big aftershock to check on family and friends. Mom was kind of peeved at him for leaving her, but he ended up helping a lot of people that day. To this day he still knows how to determine in a matter of seconds whether cracks on the side of a building are indicative of structural failure. He’s a brilliant guy.

[@Drgroomes]

what was the Richter scale of the Northridge quake? I live in FL btw

[@nahoj.2569]

the collapse of the U.S. Bank Tower looked incredibly realistic 👍👍 are the buildings really that resilient though??

[@EarthquakeSim]

Yes the skyscrapers in downtown LA are very sturdy :)

[@skproductions9587]

you mean the maze bank tower?

[@Foodsgallery_]

@@EarthquakeSims, all the skyscrapers in DTLA is already earthquake proof?

[@NexonAlanOfficial]

Its actually called US Bank Tower in real life​@@skproductions9587

[@jouaienttoi]

@@Foodsgallery_ Skyscrapers in general are, not just those in Los Angeles. Skyscrapers are effectively a solid frame of material with how they are built. Imagine trying to "break" a pencil by shaking it.

[@zeldathomas3498]

Impressed that so many of the buildings stayed up even in the final hypothetical! Though I imagine there would be a lot of internal damage from furniture, ceiling panels, plumbing etc. Plus windows getting broken as glass doesn't flex much at all

[@EarthquakeSim]

I agree! For that last scenario, I've used my imagination - I did not want to destroy the whole city, I was more curious to see how to skyscrapers would sway at different rates :)

[@ClementinesmWTF]

Also important to note that this would only be the immediately seismological effects. Fires and hypersonic winds would greatly depend on specifics of the asteroid impact as well, but would almost certainly help to more than damage the rest of them.

[@antistrix]

@@ClementinesmWTF i think the winds and subsequent firestorm would probably take out all windows and non-reinforced walls/doors. most if not all of the buildings would probably collapse.

[@dan_38]

@antistrix I doubt a massive firestorm is achievable in the manner that LA is designed. Despite the looks, LA is not as condensed in space as compared to other locations where firestorms happened (i.e., Tokyo or Dresden). It might happen inside a building, but for a firestorm to wreck LA, it's gonna require 40% of the cities electrics and gas to be on fire simultaneously, but usually is about 15-20%

[@antistrix]

@@dan_38maybe, but i still think a large enough asteroid's pressure wave combined with it's super heated fireball after impact would burn most of the city similar to a nuclear explosion (but most likely worse)

[@yametekudasaii01]

The effort, the amount of objects you put through is astounding. Love your LA work

[@EarthquakeSim]

I’ve poured every single drop of my soul:) it took 2 weeks, 5 computers and lots of trials/errors to make it work smoothly

[@JKVisFX]

The Cascadia fault rupture! L.A. is my home town. The biggest earthquake I experienced was the 1971, m6.5 San Fernando earthquake. I was 7yo. Thankfully, I was living in the Milwaukee, WI area at the time of the Northridge earthquake. There are still many old, unreinforced, masonry and concrete, low and mid-rise buildings throughout the greater L.A. area. That event sparked a life-long fascination with earthquakes, tectonics, and volcanism. I pretty addicted to your sims. I'm a 3D generalist myself, I do indeed understand how much work goes into doing even the relatively simple modeling you are doing. I'm guess that, most of your time and computing resources go into running the sims.

[@EarthquakeSim]

I’m happy to hear that you enjoy my simulations so much! They are very educational and spark a lot of curiosity about earth science. :) I’ve spent 200 hours working on this, literally 2 weeks every day

[@EarthquakeSim]

It means a lot hearing feedback from a 3D generalist :)

[@YourLocalBSS_BasicBee]

You're literally two years older than my father that what you're saying? Anyway thanks for sharing your QuakeStory™.

[@garylagstrom3864]

I live in Santa Monica California (Los Angeles County) used to live in San Francisco. My house is new and built to current earthquake codes for California and the office I work in has been retrofitted to current California earthquake codes. I have a storm shelter with a month’s worth of food and supplies in the case of an actual earthquake emergency.

[@EarthquakeSim]

I’m so happy to hear that you’re living in a safe house! The water and food supplies are crucial. Thanks for sharing your feedback!!! :)

[@ThoughtfulDuck-r8h]

I live in the UK and have nothing to protect me with in an emergency xD

[@JINXED_OUT626]

@@ThoughtfulDuck-r8h same here. And i live in LA too 💀

[@Mommacatperez]

@JINXED_OUT626 same! I have 3 cats. I have their crate ready tho.

[@EagleAirwaysOfficalAero]

YES! A REALISTIC CITY SKYLINE!

[@EarthquakeSim]

For the first time ever!!!

[@EarthquakeSim]

How’s your day?

[@EagleAirwaysOfficalAero]

Good, how is yours?

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@EagleAirwaysOfficalAerocan’t believe I’ve spent 2 weeks on this project

[@RepublicOfKilopey]

​@@EarthquakeSimit took you that long?

[@LackingRationality]

My biggest earthquake was a 7.2 on Easter Sunday 2010 in El Centro, Ca. I was in a bed bath and beyond and the corridor to reach the exit felt endless.

[@wilcofaber9863]

Nice video with maps included. Very impressive

[@EarthquakeSim]

Glad you like them! I’ve spent 2 weeks on this simulation 😧

[@wilcofaber9863]

@@EarthquakeSim good work!

[@stevesibaja3123]

1:31 Who's here after a Magnitude of a 5.3 Earthquake shakes Bakersfield CA sending shockwaves to Southern California

[@Nobody-lh7dv]

Here from South LA

[@stevesibaja3123]

@@Nobody-lh7dv It was felt in BELL GARDEN CA TOO

[@vvvnokk8309]

its so sad to see the US Bank tower fall in the end. Thats like the Centerpiece of the DTLA skyline. But the other modern towers seem almost indestructible!

[@haouribi]

I love how the effort was put in to make these buildings sturdy for the video. The buildings on the San Andreas fault are made to be super sturdy.

[@EarthquakeSim]

thank you so much!!

[@PitsTasteGood]

The owner of "That One Skyscraper" that collapses every time starting at 4:20 is probably sweating HARD right now.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Imagine being the crane operator

[@PitsTasteGood]

@@EarthquakeSim I mean, there's a real building that represents that one on the right that keeps collapsing.... I hope none of them see this video. XD

[@oliviersarrazin3474]

The maze bank😂

[@PitsTasteGood]

@@oliviersarrazin3474 nope ... Try again

[@nolywanko1987]

Is it that one glass that collapsed at 6.5 magnitude mark?

[@CarGuy-hf6cn]

So proud of you Earthquake sim, you came this far, been watching you since 2022, can't wait till you get 100k then a million

[@EarthquakeSim]

That means so much for me to hear! Thank you for being such a valuable member of this community! QuakeTeam❤️

[@RepublicOfKilopey]

​@@EarthquakeSimi think i started watching your videos in 2023 or 2022, but then i alwas forgot then i remembered watching your videos on April 2024 so i decided to subscribe to you and support your very cool channel

[@PoshLife123]

I survived the Northridge Earthquake in Los Angeles 1994. Lived in Studio City area at the time. Whole apartment was bouncing up and down at 4:30 in the morning. Place was thrashed. Everything hit the floor. A few days later we moved into a house where I felt safer. The following year I transfered with my job to Oakland, California where I spent 3 years. The entire time I experienced only one slight earthquake which occured the same day Princess Diana was in that horrible car accident. Been living on the east coast since 1998 but still have many friends in California who I worry about because of the quake threat.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us! How long did you feel the shaking in Studio City?

[@craiggillett5985]

6.3 in New Zealand 🇳🇿, absolutely destroyed a modern first world city called Christchurch. It’s shocking how much damage each small increase in Magnitude causes, a couple of years later I was in the Capital city Wellington and there was a 6.9 just south. I was in one of the tallest buildings in the city working on lever 18 or so, and I cannot describe the sound that high rise buildings make when they rock back and forward and slam into each other. People screaming, dust coming down from the ceilings, look out to the window and see the bright, clear blue sky filled with hundreds of thousands of birds flying in panic, lights flickering, and everyone under their desks with water bottles and phones… screaming. Absolutely terrifying, I will never forget it. Thank goodness for our building codes.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you so much for your feedback! High rise buildings are designed to withstand phenomenal forces during an earthquake. I am happy you are safe! There’s been many many powerful earthquakes, and so far no high rise buildings ever collapsed. The new building codes are definitely working. Anything that is made with unreinforced bricks or older 1960s non ductile reinforced concrete would be problematic

[@shumana54]

Love your SIMs. It gave me a chuckle seeing coconut palms in L.A.

[@elijahcandage]

I love how there's always that one building that always just gives up.

[@CreeperTheLord]

Glad you made some stuff on LA! I actually live really close to a fault near LA, but it hasn't ruptured in a million years.

[@namento45_yt]

I experienced a 5.6 and 6.4 in one day 4 hours within each other, Didnt really feel much during the first earthquake since i was driving at that time, but did feel it when the stronger 6.4 struck, the chandelier in my home was swinging like crazy.

[@EarthquakeSim]

where did you experience this quake?

[@namento45_yt]

@@EarthquakeSim East Java, on 22 March 2024.

[@Jelaun]

Watching this as my feet are kicked up in my downtown Los Angeles apartment! 😂😂😂

[@Jeff_The_Weatherman]

I saw GeologyHub's "Really Big One" then headed here. I was in Hawthorne, CA for the 1987 5.9 Whittier-Narrows quake. As a native SoCal resident, I thought for about 10 seconds that it might be "The Big One", as it kept intensifying as the seconds rolled by, house felt as if it was on a lake rocking back and forth. Northridge at the same location was stronger, quickly hit hard but did not intensify as much as Whittier. I think the foothills between me and the epicenter dampened the intensity on that one, plus a little further away. Thanks for this!

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@Jeff_The_Weatherman thank you so much for coming here and for sharing your experience :) earthquakes can be felt very differently depending on the type of soil underneath your building too, and definitely the foothills had a dampening effect

[@tomahawk7259]

I drove during the 4.8 Earthquake in New Jersey ( I live in Philadelphia but was closer to Epicenter with travel to my car dealer) and I felt like my car was going over weird humps in the road with it jostling left to right but the road but it was completely flat. I didnt know there was an earthquake until I got a text asking if I felt one lol

[@EarthquakeSim]

wow! this is quite a unique story about that earthquake! thanks for sharing with everyone here on my channel :)

[@tomahawk7259]

@@EarthquakeSim Thanks for noticing! I saw your video on the Rampao fault line right when it came out lol. Glad this one didnt seem to be on that fault line

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@tomahawk7259 yep :) that fault is almost dormant. Happy you're part of this wonderful community of people! You can always reach out to me

[@davidargiro8306]

Your car jostled with a 4.8? It must be an old Miata. LOL

[@tomahawk7259]

@@davidargiro8306 2019 Forester, had a bad strut on the passenger side which probably added to it (Only at 40k miles smh)

[@ethanschannel]

OMG I love the night lighting effects in the beginning🤩🤩🤩. It looks so cool😎. Your simulations are just getting better and better each time🥳

[@EarthquakeSim]

I’ve promised all of you this channel will reach 1 MIL subscribers:)

[@ethanschannel]

@@EarthquakeSim You deserve so much more than 1 million subscribers🥳🥳🥳!!! I truly hope you’ll reach that goal🙏. I’m glad I could be on this journey with you😌

[@SC_Dave]

6:00 *"Take a look at this."*

[@verynostalgicgamer]

Great video, EQS! Great realistic animation. I live in a very small town about 30 minutes away from LA but the biggest earthquake i have felt was 5.2 magnitude, it knocked down a lamp near me

[@michaelbruvolt4221]

@@verynostalgicgamer there are no "small towns" 30 minutes from LA. If your 30 minutes from LA, your part of a massive megalopolis.

[@verynostalgicgamer]

@@michaelbruvolt4221no im not right now without traffic about 35 minutes away from LA, i live near the back to the future mall in a city called rowland heights

[@KGabMI]

I was less than a mile away from the Northridge Earthquake. I still remember it very clearly. The 16 deaths in the Northridge Meadows Apts were the majority of the death, with the 17th death being a Highway Patrolman who was riding the 5/14 interchange when it collapsed. I do also appreciate that you acknowledged the limits of the San Andreas Fault system.. too many people talk about a 9.0+ earthquake to 'sink' the west coast, when the only part of the fault that could achieve that magnitude would be in Washington/Oregon.

[@milazinnia]

I'll never forget it, there was a 5.5 earthquake in 2014 at 6:00 AM on St. Patrick's Day in LA, I was 13. I woke up seeing a large potted plant in my room shake side to side pretty violently. All the other ones I've felt were more subtle like a rolling pin (or being like one quick bump), but this one was static and kept going for a solid 5 seconds.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you so much for sharing this! It seems like there is an earthquake draught in LA :)

[@IFooledKatyaZamo]

The strongest earthquake i've ever felt was a 7.0 magnitude one back in 2022 at around 8:43 in the morning. The fact that i woke up from it, and the fact that it was surprisingly close to my hometown (60km-37Mi), it definitely became a core memory of mine.

[@EarthquakeSim]

That’s a pretty strong earthquake! Which country?

[@RepublicOfKilopey]

​@@EarthquakeSimI think its the 2022 Luzon Earthquake in the Philippines

[@IFooledKatyaZamo]

Philippines🥰

[@garylagstrom3864]

I forgot to add the biggest earthquake I was in: Loma Prieta in San Francisco October 17th 1989. I was at the A’s-Giants World Series game! 15 seconds of pure adrenaline and fear!

[@EarthquakeSim]

Woooww you’re the first person I meet who was there at the game!!!!!!

[@garylagstrom3864]

@@EarthquakeSimI was a Giants fan. Unfortunately when the series resumed we were swept 🧹 that’s baseball ⚾️ for you. I’m a Dodgers fan now. Ultimate betrayal I’m sure as my San Francisco friends say. I’m just glad I wasn’t on the bay bridge and certainly grateful to not be on the Cypress Expressway!!

[@Megacooler96_]

Funny how we just felt a 5.3 last night. Biggest I've felt was a 7.1 years ago that happened on July 4th/5th.

[@seanlewis1148]

Yup....I felt all three

[@tallr264]

How coincidence that? I felt all of Them. I remember the 7.1 earthquake shaking. Those is so big ones.

[@He4Fr]

@@tallr264 and a big one today!

[@tallr264]

@@He4Fr yup, the last second is heavy shaking, a lot of stuff on my wall is shaking

[@AvilioAmici]

Yeah felt all of them. I hope we’re just getting minor earthquakes and nothing big will happen

[@SACREDLife2024]

I've experienced all major quakes in Los Angeles in the last 53 years. The first was Slymar (I was an infant, but my mother said I was pretty affected), the second one of note was October 1987, the Whittier quake registered 7.1 but didn't feel like that. And the last and biggest one was Jan 17 1994 Northridge Earthquake. It was a late night for me coming back from a gig, and I just got off the 10 freeway at Fairfax northbound, only 15 minutes before the world shook. Craziest quake ever.

[@Dilberto88]

I experienced the 1992 Landers 7.2. Whoa, Nelly! There was a dozen magnitude 6+ aftershocks for months.

[@cassidyytoysnhkk]

For those who wondering the PGA in the centre of the earthquake I have calculated the expected values of the PGA by my own GMPE: 02:37 0.23g 03:55 0.48g 05:34 0.88g 07:59 1.11g 12:52 1.58g

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you for sharing this!!!

[@michelefritchie6198]

I'd hate to be the crane operator in this scenario! Of course I'm scared spitless of heights, so there's no way I'd be there any way. But I would sure feel sorry for the guy that was operating the crane!

[@peterthx]

Skyscrapers and other tall buildings (even ones under construction) won't crumble. Japan in 2011 went through a 9.0 and several minutes of shaking, only the smaller buildings suffered severe damage and LA's building codes are similar. The viaduct would not collapse in anything less than a 7.5. Even pre-earthquake retrofitted LA experienced a 6.7 in 1994 with only a few isolated bridge collapses in the northern part of the metroplex.

[@Air12915]

The freeway falling down the palm trees be like I can’t relate

[@Itsmarkyoung]

I’ve been through a few magnitudes of quakes in LA at this point, and this feels very accurate!

[@Remora_7]

Saw this video a week or two back, used it just now to show my Indianan boyfriend about what the earthquake felt like that just happened! 4.6! Quite a shaky one too!

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you so much for remembering about my video! :)

[@rouuty]

im in LA rn there was an earthquake today and yesterday lol

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@rouuty I got the earthquake notifications!

[@xsavierarellano-nava6607]

I felt the earthquake at school today and this video about earthquakes was recommended to me 💀

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@xsavierarellano-nava6607 you should show it to your classmates tomorrow! :)

[@rouuty]

@@EarthquakeSim i see what u did there

[@generationsixpack1698]

I would like to see a simulation of the “Valdivia 9.5 earthquake that lasted 10 minutes followed by a 26 & 30 ft waves”,.. Valdivia is located in Chile, I believe the earthquake happed in 1960,.. 🤔

[@ShonnMorris]

What's interesting about the Newport-Inglewood Fault is that it runs offshore near Newport Beach. It comes back onshore in La Jolla in San Diego and continues to downtown San Diego. Here it is known as the Rose Canyon Fault.

[@michlo3393]

I slept through the Hector Mine quake. 7.1 magnitude. Slept right through it. At the time it happened, we lived in the mountains near Big Bear Lake, so we were actually somewhat close to the epicenter - well, a lot closer than LA. I had a dream that I was in a free fall and shooting a machine gun. I woke up, then my mom came in and asked if I felt it? I looked at her and said: "felt what?" lol I also slept through the Northridge quake, at that time we lived in the San Gabriel Valley so close, but not scary close. I was wide awake for all of the aftershocks though.

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@michlo3393 thanks for sharing this!! How did you discover this video? :)

[@michlo3393]

@@EarthquakeSim It came across my feed. I'm a subscriber.

[@folderdude]

Just imagine, you’re chilling in your high-rise apartment in the middle of LA, when all of a sudden an earthquake comes and obliterates the building next to you, violates a bridge and a Ferris wheel in the distance, And then proceeds to bring down a building next to you😭

[@EarthquakeSim]

Buildings in downtown LA are very strong against earthquakes. The building codes have been changed many times since the Sylmar quake in 71

[@ZA-mb5di]

8:15 the biggest I've ever experienced was a 3.6 where I used to live in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It woke me up from sleep. It felt like there was a runaway diesel engine with about 1 million horsepower. I'd never felt so mortal

[@oliveru551]

This is amazing! Keep on going!

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you! Will do!

[@ajexxan3415]

I live in Australia so I’ve never actually experienced earthquakes or payed that much attention to them so it’s interesting to me to learn about them

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@ajexxan3415 thank you for watching and greetings from Chicago!!

[@davidegallo02]

AMAZING SIMULATIONS, CONGRATULATIONS!!🔥🔥🔥

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you so so much!!

[@Gabsushi-r2o]

wow this is very good keep this up! and you will reach 10MIL

[@Itsmarkyoung]

Largest I ever experienced was a 7.1 in 2019, but luckily the epicenter was far enough out in the desert that there wasn’t any damage in LA

[@EarthquakeSim]

Who felt today’s quake in downtown LA?!

[@spicyapplesauce1868]

✋

[@Remora_7]

I just felt it!! Reminded me to check out this video again haha!

[@xsavierarellano-nava6607]

Me

[@esmeraldarubi4502]

So did I and I’m still shaking I’m so so scared

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@esmeraldarubi4502 as scary as earthquakes seem to be, the chances of severe injuries are extremely low. People have 1000x more chances to get injured in a car accident

[@franky717-ux9rr]

What a coincidence, I’m in LA right now 😅

[@EarthquakeSim]

Haha wow! When did you discover my earthquake simulations?

[@franky717-ux9rr]

@@EarthquakeSim I got recommended by one of your videos a few months ago. Keep up the great work

[@chad_usa]

NO WAY! 😱

[@Jorod81]

I really miss getting on the old dtla ferris wheel. Such fond memories

[@1111Grace]

The biggest earthquake ive been through was the 7.1 ridgecreast earthquake in 2019. Though the epicenter was far away from LA it was still a really strong one and lasted a good while

[@bluesnote1]

Earthquake scientist here. Great video, but a few caveats I've noticed. Los Angeles is in a basin, which will amplify seismic waves and trap them, making shaking more prolonged and at a higher intensity. Also, the duration of your quakes do not scale. A 5.0 lasts about 4-5 seconds. A 6 around 20 seconds. A 7 around 1-2 minutes. A 7.5 around 2-3 minutes. An 8 around 4 minutes. The San Andreas Fault in SoCal has the potential to produce up to an 8.3 if it ruptures 400 miles from the Salton Sea to Parkfield.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Hi! I am so happy to have more earthquake scientists on my channel so that we can all improve my content!! Every earthquake has its own variables and you are right about the scale. If you are in a larger building with many floors, a magntiude 5 earthquake could be felt for longer since the building gains momentum during the shaking. Also, I think the magnitude 7.1 Ridgecrest was only felt for about 20 seconds, relatively short for its magnitude. For the LA basin any quake would last longer since as you mentioned, the sediments amplify and trap the waves like a bathtub. Where are you from? :)

[@bluesnote1]

@@EarthquakeSim I'm from SoCal :) and yes, what you said is indeed correct. I will say, these animations are quite useful and fun to watch. Great job on producing them! The damage we see for the magnitude is expected.

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@bluesnote1 awesome! I’m flying often to soCal and my next trip to LA is scheduled in about 3 weeks.

[@AlexanderSoto-rj8qt]

The earthquake was of that magnitude here in Mexico City in my home

[@EarthquakeSim]

oh wow...when was the last time you felt an earthquake in Mexico City?

[@robertocastelan8683]

​@@EarthquakeSim..en ..el 2017. Uno fue de 8.0 grados, creo. En pocos dias fue otro de 7.2 grados..y ese fue mas destructivo que el primero. No se porque. ADIOS desde Cd. De Mexico. 🇲🇽🇲🇽👍🥺🥺🇲🇽🇲🇽

[@tsepheletseka5115]

I experienced a 4.3 magnitude tremor in Pretoria in South Africa last year. Sure ot wasn't big and South Africa isn't exactly earthquake country, but it was still quite interesting to experience it. It happened at night while I was in bed. The entire house was vibrating and the windows were rattling violently. I could even hear the outside furniture moving accross the floor. It was pretty exiting to be honest.

[@njbusnut]

16:00 Fuck, there goes my CEO office in GTA

[@EarthquakeSim]

I miss playing GTA!!!

[@tomcrossmanpictures]

Beautiful work! Great artwork

[@rwylmeg13]

i am a socal native and i despise earthquakes!! they scare me so bad! honestly i probably think about earthquakes everyday. this probably isn’t the best place to live for someone with this fear but like i can’t do anything about it right now 😬😣

[@GlennMillers-qo7zh]

This is great as per usual. Keep up the good work.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thanks a lot!!!!

[@lesamisdelacuisineprovenca9534]

I'm french and i was in Maastricht (NL) when a earthquake happened in 1992.... It was a small one but i was so scary !!!

[@ericfielding2540]

Great set of simulations. I don’t know how you are adjusting for distance to the fault rupture, but the San Jacinto Fault is 50-100 km away from downtown LA, so the shaking would be reduced considerably.

[@EarthquakeSim]

That’s why you mostly saw about 0.3G acceleration for downtown:) and long period seismic waves

[@ericfielding2540]

@@EarthquakeSim Thanks for the explanation. I hope that no freeways collapse in LA from a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that far away. They are supposed to be retrofitted to handle that level of shaking.

[@BeckerAviation]

Awesome simulations as usual. For me it's the 8.8 Maule 2010 earthquake in Chile. I was ten

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you so much friend! 8.8 wow!!

[@LHTG249]

As a person who lives in the like LA region in California, I have experienced a majority of earthquakes. Like one time I was listening this like really good song called “California love” and I felt a small earthquake.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thanks for your feedback! I hope this video is valuable for people who have not experienced an earthquake yet

[@angellacanfora]

This was very good, though chilling! Left me feeling emotional. As a SoCal native who has lived through many quakes, I'm always on guard for the Big One. Maybe you could do a vid featuring the Palos Verdes fault and its effects on LA? I have a particular interest in this as I live in the South Bay!

[@EarthquakeSim]

I could do the Palos Verdes fault :) when did you discover my channel?

[@angellacanfora]

@@EarthquakeSim A few days ago when this vid popped up as a recommendation.

[@dragonlukasmapping805]

Great video, you put a lot of work in to this skyline, and it looks awesome. ^w^ Also its impressive how strong are those other skyscrapers in skyline.

[@EarthquakeSim]

They are incredibly strong :)

[@SgtPineBox]

I am from the Northern Part of the cascadia fault line and it would be quite interesting to see a simulation for Seattle

[@EarthquakeSim]

I totally agree!

[@ssheikty2259]

This sooo incredible EQS you did amazing job 👏

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you for watching dear friend!

[@ssheikty2259]

@@EarthquakeSim my pleasure

[@Verdant00_]

Top quality work! Glad I came across the channel 🤙🏼 Idk if you’ve already done it or not but do you plan on making a simulation of the Northridge quake of ‘94? I was 3 when it happened and it’s weird because I still remember bits and pieces of that morning.

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@Verdant00_ i did simulate that earthquake many times, look up my 30 year Anniversary video of the quake :)

[@AmericanTrainRailfan]

Nicely done man! I watched your videos since I was 10.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Hehe!!! Thanks!

[@lulumellado9142]

The Strongest is 6.0 or plus Damage in L A. since the 1994 Northridge Earthquake

[@Whimsicleman]

I lived on a fault. Anchorage! Some nights the small quakes would rattle the dishes!

[@Grassplant2012]

Normal day in California:

[@EarthquakeSim]

I wouldn't be surprised if this earthquake simulation video gets on the local news haha. Perfectly normal day :) except..LA didnt experience a good shake in 30 years

[@JohannDecastro]

I think the biggest earthquake is that caseoh jump

[@CreeperTheLord]

no

[@MikaelCruz-kx7vq]

Not true

[@CreeperTheLord]

@@MikaelCruz-kx7vq yes

[@dodoxasaurus6904]

I'm a Kiwi and so therefore I live on the "Ring of Fire" the same one in this video. The biggest earthquake I've experienced was Kaikōura earthquake back in 2016 (goodness that's a long time ago), It was at night time like midnight and I was in my bed and I got up cause I had a fish tank and tried to hold it so not so much water would spill out of it, my dad told me to get under my desk but nahhh I was holding my fish take, and man it was a right good shake, it went on for a while too, usually ones we have in NZ are short, but this one was quit long and really gave the house a good shake! In the end it lifted up the Kaikoura peninsular up by a whole 2 meters out of the ocean, and a lot of the glasses in Wellington (NZ, the Capital) smashed; but its not the biggest Earthquake to happen in NZ.

[@derrickw5204]

Projected fatalities for the City of Los Angeles based on an 7.5 earthquake on the San Andreas Fault System , by geographic area . ( likely scenario ) . Time of earthquake : 4:35 PM Epicenter : 2 miles Norhwest of Compton Duration : 3 minutes and 55 seconds . Rupture : 160 miles Areas affected Downtown L.A. : 2 ,507 fatalities , 20 , 000 injuries . South L.A. : 3,232 fatalities, 45,000 injuries . Westside : 1, 164 fatalities , 39 , 820 injuries . Hollywood : 2,202 fatalities , 29 , 903 injuries . San Fernando Valley : 3,112 fatalities , 33, 080 injuries . Total fatalities 12 , 217 Total injuries : 197 , 803 Total missing : 1,991

[@CubeAtlantic]

yea, that absolutely is developed for eerie & mighty irl Earthquake vibes.

[@youtoobization]

What I've got from this video is that highrise buildings are the safest place to be during an 8.0 earthquake. Good to know.

[@jorgeandresdelgadolara-zh7hl]

Sorry for any misunderstanding, I hope you make me understand. I don't know if you have already done an earthquake simulation in structures such as the Chinese wall, Taipei, New York, the Colpatria or Bacata tower, colonial structures or villages, the US Capitol, the Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, the Mayan structures in Mexico or Guatemala etc. I really admire your simulations. Greetings from Colombia!

[@bajdj500Gysling54321]

The strongest earthquake I've ever experienced was the 2010 earthquake in Chile, which had a magnitude of 8.8. This event involved the collapse of a 15 floor tower, a bridge fell down, and multiple buildings became severely danaged in my hometown and multiple casualties on coastal towns due to a tsunami. However, the seismic culture in the country has ingrained disaster prevention in people's minds, and Chile has experienced multiple earthquakes over 8 in magnitude in the last 14 years. These have been quite strong, and have resulted in very few deaths thanks to the good earthquake-resistant constructions.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Chile is such a resilient country!! A lot has been done to prevent damage :) thank you so much for your feedback!

[@Mmmmm_lemon]

I love these simulations

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you so much for subscribing!!

[@AnnNottingham]

Love your channel! You should do a sim for an 8.0 rupture of the New Madrid fault in Memphis. Very little of that city is earthquake proofed.

[@EarthquakeSim]

I should built Memphis then!!! Thanks for the feedback!!

[@TheOtherKine]

This is so cool!!!!! But a few more buildings would have collapsed at the 7.0 and may be tilted sideways at least. They were built so long ago without all the modern tech, no matter whether tell you they've been retrofitted somewhat, the ground foundations wouldn't hold them. I was here for Northridge 1994. I've also worked all over LA, been in 90% of the big buildings in Downtown.

[@Lavafire1]

As someone who has spent their entire life in Florida so far, I have not experienced an Earthquake yet. But I dread the day I do

[@NatureHub9923]

Congratulations on your first ever city! I saw firsthand how you made it happen!

[@EarthquakeSim]

It was such a challenging project!! Thank you so so much!!

[@NatureHub9923]

@@EarthquakeSim Now you can take a break!

[@Contamiply]

I think somewhere between a 4.0 and 5.0 earthquake hit on one of the Newport faults recently and it terrified the hell out of me. I was sitting in a 2nd story apartment taking a trail piano lesson and I’ve never felt an earthquake that strong before. It was just so close to home. Surprisingly it wasn’t enough to knock anything over but it was about too lol. I was ready to bolt out that door and into the street away from the buildings and my mom was already out the door

[@ADKaizenProductions]

I learned two things. Who ever worked in the earthquake sim building didn't even spill their coffee. And i gotta buy a red Escalade. It survived all that.

[@JosephMFaulkner]

That 'Earthquake Simulation' building is the level of unbothered that I aspire to.

[@michaelmiller9483]

Have always heard that 7.8-8.0 San Andreas would go on for 2 plus minutes... That would be an interesting simulation, not to mention the Puente Hills Fault which might just be worse( for downtown L.A.)...

[@EarthquakeSim]

Absolutely agree. I should have included that :)

[@ForwardSpace146]

I live in a country where earthquakes are common and so far i think I've experienced bunch, the strongest one being a 6.9 Mw (Final parameters, the preliminary magnitude was 7.4), i was in my bedroom that night and was chilling around and all of a sudden i felt like i was on a ship, i got confused at first cause I've never felt an earthquake before, that's when my sister walked out of her room and shouted "earthquake", we went outside as we realised there's an earthquake and i can see our gate and cars shaking. The earthquake lasted about half a minute. Shortly after that they released a tsunami alert.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you so much for sharing your story! This is so important! Thanks for being part of the QuakeTeam!

[@katymartin2001]

And I love your new logo for your channel

[@Kingenpriest]

My country had a earthquake last year, even though it was'nt the strongest (5.0 magnitude on June 11 2023 in Johannesburg)

[@EarthquakeSim]

Quakes like that can happen almost anywhere in the world

[@c1nnq_cl0uds]

What app to you use to make these earthquake simulators? because it looks really cool!

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@c1nnq_cl0uds i am using Blender 3D plus bullet constraints builder and SeismoSoft to create what you see :)

[@dobees8183]

WTF, we literally just had a 4.4 quake epicentered right where he put the 4.0 rupture

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@dobees8183 i noticed 😬 crazy coincidence!!!!

[@laeeb23]

Casually looking at this vid after a 5.2 earthquake hit Bakersfield and I felt it

[@EarthquakeSim]

@@laeeb23 :) how strong did you feel the shaking?

[@GuizyyPlaysMC]

​@@EarthquakeSim in LA it was hardly a shake, more like a sway, Bakersfield is 100 miles from LA

[@xsavierarellano-nava6607]

Me too!! I live in Pacoima btw

[@xsavierarellano-nava6607]

Slight, hanging things were swaying

[@discospiders]

Really cool video, I shared it and subscribed! I live up near Joshua Tree and we felt 2 of the last 3 quakes, in the last 2 weeks. The Big One may be imminent! Or not 😂