Downtown Los Angeles: Earthquake Comparison!

My own 3D Los Angeles tested for 10 earthquakes! Let's make this the most watched comparison video on KZbin!
I'm deeply grateful to Jenda Johnson, Victor Vescu and Cameron Fetter for the inspiration you've shared with me. You have truly made a difference!
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I hope my simulations will educate the general public about potential earthquake related hazards and create more curiosity about Earth Science in general. I do also hope that my videos will inspire a future generation of amazing architects, engineers and scientists! We all need to peacefully work together to make this world a better place. :)
My goal is to show people around the world the effects of different earthquake shaking levels on various buildings and structures.
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[@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

[@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?

[@racerluke5412]

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

[@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?

[@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.

[@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!!! :)

[@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

[@CanadianRepublicofCadakant911]

​@@EarthquakeSimit took you that long?

[@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™.

[@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❤️

[@CanadianRepublicofCadakant911]

​@@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

[@PitsTasteGood]

The owner of "That One Skyscraper" 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

[@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 :)

[@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!!

[@GlennMillers-qo7zh]

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

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thanks a lot!!!!

[@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😌

[@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!

[@AmericanTrainFoamer]

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

[@EarthquakeSim]

Hehe!!! Thanks!

[@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 :)

[@oliveru551]

This is amazing! Keep on going!

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you! Will do!

[@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.

[@njbusnut]

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

[@EarthquakeSim]

I miss playing GTA!!!

[@davidegallo02]

AMAZING SIMULATIONS, CONGRATULATIONS!!🔥🔥🔥

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you so so much!!

[@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)

[@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.

[@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

[@user-ec2gw2us8k]

I think the biggest earthquake is that caseoh jump

[@CreeperTheLord]

no

[@gruffi1234]

2016, when I was 5. My mom and my sister saw the lamp was shaking. It was II ~ III

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thanks for sharing:)

[@ssheikty2259]

This sooo incredible EQS you did amazing job 👏

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you for watching dear friend!

[@ssheikty2259]

@@EarthquakeSim my pleasure

[@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!

[@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

[@NJHProductions512]

Very well done!

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you very much!

[@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?

[@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!

[@dracofirex]

I've been enjoying these a lot! I wonder if this model could be used to simulate other things, like tsunamis or tornado damage!

[@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

[@katymartin2001]

And I love your new logo for your channel

[@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!!

[@user-hf4ps8sv5j]

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!!

[@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!

[@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.

[@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 !!!

[@KinginCw]

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

[@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. 🇲🇽🇲🇽👍🥺🥺🇲🇽🇲🇽

[@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!

[@CanadianRepublicofCadakant911]

Oh cool, this should be great!

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you for your support!!!

[@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!!!

[@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.

[@Zenflyn]

FINNALLY THANK YOUU

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you for suggesting this idea! 😝

[@geopardodabalsa]

Those buildings are so strong,very nice

[@PopCapMusicTrending]

So nostalgic

[@VirgieTheeBayot]

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?

[@CanadianRepublicofCadakant911]

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

[@VirgieTheeBayot]

Philippines🥰

[@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!

[@AlexanderSoto-rj8qt]

This video is beautiful

[@EarthquakeSim]

Hope it is educational for many!

[@G--qq2bo]

This is actually a pretty good sign as to how durable the southern California infrastructure is overall to large scale seismic events from the San Andreas or localized faults! Gives me hope when I go visit LA that it won't pull a 2012 XD

[@EarthquakeSim]

Hehe! Thank you so much for your feedback! A 2012 won’t happen :)

[@G--qq2bo]

@@EarthquakeSim Of course! I love your channel and you do the best earthquake destruction simulations ever! I feel like a little kid again with my miniature cars, freeways and buildings shaking the table going "EARTHQUAKE! SAVE EVERYONE CHARLTON HESTON, DRIVE PIERCE BROSNAN!" XD

[@calvinsgamingchannel7070]

Yooo, I subscribed.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you so much for joining this wonderful community! :)

[@kurtxandersuboc2509]

long time no see buddy!

[@EarthquakeSim]

Yes indeed!

[@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!

[@Mr.Volcanoes22]

Apologies if this is answered somewhere already, Im typing while i watch 😅 Im curious if you used the same depth for each earthquake? Im also curious about the integrity of certain materials. There were freeway collapses during the Northridge earthquake but not quite so catastrophic as what happens in the simulation of the 6.5. I certainly hope that LA freeway infrastructure is built to withstand at least that magnitude of shaking given the probability of a magnitude 6 or greater earthquake in the greater LA area is essentially guaranteed within the next few decades. I dont live too far from the Newport - Inglewood fault, and it has me more concerned than the San Andreas given it passes through very dense neighborhoods and has close proximity to several major freeway overpasses including the massive 105-110 interchange.

[@EarthquakeSim]

almost all are strike-slip, shallow depth, except for the M6.5 which is about 70 miles deep

[@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.

[@motobikeshow7179]

I Like Earthquakes and I subscribed to the Channel.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you so so much for being part of this community!!!

[@lIIIllIllIlIIlI]

So my Jenga tower does collapse like a real skyscraper

[@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.

[@Joshua429]

13:10 my small story man to the right was bouncy bouncy lol

[@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 :)

[@edwardjaymescamino6896]

Yoo new vid??? i did not expected!!!

[@EarthquakeSim]

Yeppp!! Been working on this for 2 weeks :)

[@edwardjaymescamino6896]

@@EarthquakeSim and its been 2 weeks sonce u uploaded your bradge vid🎉

[@brucemartini2288]

i still find it funny in song "CA ❤", THEY repeat " shake it, baby, shake it"😆😆😆 as they sing about California

[@EarthquakeSim]

True haha!!

[@KingViolater4568]

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

[@cr7fanyt79]

here in San Diego i feel shaking a bit💀

[@EarthquakeSim]

Wait…today you mean??

[@kevinabiwardani7550]

That one tower in the back and the tower under the construction everytime there's an earthquake: sweat profusely. Also the only tall skyscraper (Bank of America Tower) did fell in the meteor scenario, just like what Hollywood love too! Also, I would like to imagine if somehow, an earthquake occured and hit New York. Especially focusing on the Billionaires Row thin towers.

[@EarthquakeSim]

I will definitely create a New York City earthquake simulation :)

[@Titan_TV_Man_doesShorts]

Can you do paris earthquake comparison next?

[@EarthquakeSim]

I would love to do Paris! First you should check my Eiffel Tower simulations on my channel

[@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.

[@MicahGelfand]

I was in the 6.0 Melbourne quake in 2022. I was demolishing a Lego set so for a moment I thought I caused the quake! My mum was on a work call and people were saying: still going, my building is swaying, ect

[@EarthquakeSim]

Wow that’s quite a coincidence!! Thanks for sharing this with us :)

[@profesorrios9695]

The biggest earthquake I’ve ever experienced was here , in Mexico City On September 7th and September 19th 2017 , 8.4 of magnitude the first one

[@brucemartini2288]

the palm trees are dancin' again🤣

[@EarthquakeSim]

They’ve been trained for this for thousands of years

[@katymartin2001]

Can you do a simulation of the San Francisco earthquake?

[@oliveru551]

The largest earthquake I’ve ever experienced the the Easter Earthquake. I don’t remember it though. I moved to Tennessee 7 years ago.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Yep! I think that quake happened in 2010. A good jolt and roll for the cities in Southern California!

[@sedatedape315]

Are you able to model in the (air) blast wave for you asteroid strikes? They would follow (time v distance) behind the shaking (again, distance from the point of impact). As with nuclear explosions an asteroid strike would produce; the fireball, the ground wave (earthquake), the (air) blast wave, and then... depending on distance...the heat wave that would/could (distance once more) start fires starting outside the initial fireball. Not asking about all of this. But how quickly the shaking began in this simulation after the asteroid strike I'm positive a massive (1,000+ mph) blast wave would have hit LA before the tallest building finished collapsing. I'm sure this could be difficult, or impossible, with today's available software and the computer systems we can afford at home. Just a question. Since you asked 😊

[@EarthquakeSim]

Wow! I truly love the feedback you gave! You are very right about all these factors. If you check videos of the Beirut explosion, you can notice the seismic waves coming first and then the air shockwave. For a meteorite, I think things would play out in a similar manner except that the meteorite would displace the air faster than the speed of sound during the impact. After that, the shockwave speed would stabilize to about 340 meters per second

[@sedatedape315]

@@EarthquakeSim Hahaha! Thanks for love ❤️ I'm a "destruction junky" I guess you'd say. Previous service I did was to help people in trouble on the water. But also to inspect large industrial facilities that too often go "BOOM!!!" So we trained and learn about how bad those things could be. But it was also a military service and this was back when Russia was still the Soviet Union. So we trained and learned about nuclear explosions/attacks. Since that time I became interested in many types of disasters; shipping accidents, air craft crashes, earthquakes, volcanoes, asteroid strikes, hurricanes, and many other tragedies. And I mentally compare similarities between related ones. So I surf KZbin for interesting videos about these topics. Found yours about a month ago and have enjoyed what I see.

[@rodolfonathanieljrangeles4316]

Can you do NYC Earthquake Magnitude 1 to 8.0

[@tayntp]

Is there some flaws in the glass building to the right, tho? It seems to collapse with whatever shakes you tested!

[@EarthquakeSim]

The glass building to the right has many construction flaws and was not seismically retrofitted. :) probably some old non ductile reinforced concrete building where the steel bars aren’t placed properly

[@user-hl8nz4jg5e]

Can you simulate Minato City, Tokyo ?

[@EarthquakeSim]

Yes I can definitely do that!

[@warrenellem535]

Can you do an earthquake comparison for Metro Manila, Philippines too? Because a big one will happen here in the future

[@NexonAlanOfficial]

The strongest quake ive ever experienced was the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquakes On 4th of July, they were hit by a 6.4 quake, and for some reason, ive never felt that quake. The quake ive experienced was the 5th of July quake which was registered as a 7.1. That one ive felted and it was very moderate shaking since i lived 170.2 miles away. The weakest quake ive experienced was the 2023 Ojai Earthquake, which was registered as a 5.1 during the landfall of Tropical Storm Hillary. Ive received the EEW (not on the 5th of July Ridgecrest Earthquake) and i took every correct measure. Many people would not know what to do in a Earthquake, but as stated from USGS, Earthquake Sim(0:15), and I: Drop, Cover, Hold on. It will, and thankfully, keep you alive.

[@doctorlettuce]

R.I.P. Los Angeles!!!!!!!!

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thanks for watching!!

[@genbunin5376]

“Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay” 😬😬😬 Ænema by Tool

[@guillermoelrobloxiano]

Lit I follow you from the start , I remember you with 1,5 k subs and these old buildings, now , you have 61,5 k , contragulations

[@EarthquakeSim]

Thank you so much friend! The channel has been growing a lot lately!

[@guillermoelrobloxiano]

@@EarthquakeSim Np , you are a very good and worker person

[@michaelfox4661]

I love Hayward Faults!😁

[@EarthquakeSim]

I will do a downtown San Francisco earthquake simulation and include the Hayward fault :)

[@adamevans7843]

I just want to know who's idea was it to build something like the Aon Center in an earthquake prone area. I mean I know with all the retrofitting LA has done it's highly unlikely the downtown skyscrapers would collapse but such a slender tower has to have a lot of seismic upgrades right?

[@EarthquakeSim]

All skyscrapers in downtown LA are built to withstand large earthquakes. The main issue are older non ductile reinforced concrete buildings and obviously anything that’s unreinforced brick

[@Citran1001]

Can you do Downtown San Francisco next? Because will it be different because of the Hayward Fault or no?

[@EarthquakeSim]

That is next on my list! :)

[@Citran1001]

@@EarthquakeSim oh cool i'm like a mind-reader!

[@manrickytumafamilychannel869]

Can you do more city’s?

[@EarthquakeSim]

Yes!! I’ll be doing New York City and San Francisco :)

[@manrickytumafamilychannel869]

@@EarthquakeSim YAYYY

[@larailfan1714]

Could you please do a simulation of downtown San Diego and the Rose Canyon fault? I have a lot of family and friends in that area and my greatest fear is that that fault line will go off.

[@EarthquakeSim]

there's nothing we can do about stopping a quake from happening, what we can do is prepare in advance. Have enough water supplies, canned food, and making sure we live in buildings that are safe :)

[@LudicrousTorpedo]

Dude ! If you can make the LA skyline, would be really cool if you make the NYC skyline as well ! It would be awesome to see NYC skyscrapers collapse in the simulation !

[@EarthquakeSim]

That is definitely on my list!

[@EllieVelli]

This is dope! I will say, I don’t think a 6.5 is taking down buildings and highways though. Maybe in Haiti but not LA lol.

[@EarthquakeSim]

I do agree that for that scenario, the damage is too much. Perhaps 50 years ago, for example the Sylmar quake was only 6.6 and there were collapsed buildings

[@AlexanderSoto-rj8qt]

How many hours did it take you to do this?

[@EarthquakeSim]

+250 I think...it took 2 weeks of my life, working every single day and using 5 PCs...

[@Vahlee-A]

Mag Seven was so strong it made part of the freeway fly UP.

[@EarthquakeSim]

Once the vertical ground acceleration pass 1G you start getting things that fly around

[@CanadianRepublicofCadakant911]

Finally A realistic city skyline

[@EarthquakeSim]

I have waited for this moment for 2 years haha!

[@TruthaholicMoses]

That looks like south San Pedro blvd, but the willshire grand is on the opposite side! 🤔

[@EarthquakeSim]

Hehe!! Do you live in LA? :)

[@TruthaholicMoses]

@@EarthquakeSim YUP. 😄

[@MiniMC546]

Is there a possibility that you can simulate what will happen to buildings when the West Valley Fault in the Philippines ruptures?

[@EarthquakeSim]

Yes I can simulate that :)

[@CanadianRepublicofCadakant911]

​@@EarthquakeSimoh that should be great btw i lived in Philippines

[@sirafoxtron1701]

That poor building which collapsed even the under construction building is stay up

[@WhirledPublishing]

In 1937, Joe Brandt was a 17-year-old boy who fell off his horse, hit his head, was knocked unconscious and rushed to the hospital where he went in and out of consciousness for days - he would occasionally awake and write down his " dream " which was actually a premonition into the future ... How do we know it's a premonition because he described things that are actually happening * now * worldwide ... For example, Joe described the " Five and Ten " on Hollywood Blvd ... in the future ... just before a worldwide cataclysm decimates this Earth ... That 5 & 10 store on Hollywood Blvd would seem impossible ... because how could they pay for the overhead and expenses, but the store is there, near the Chinese Theater ... on and on his clues go, including self-driving cars which have been in Los Angeles for years, the "baby half car" which we also see on the streets and many other clues ... Joe tells us that the cataclysm is so destructive that tectonic plates are flipped onto their sides and upside down as millions of lives are decimated ... Joe describes the escalating damage in Japan, Latin America, Mediterranean regions, etc. If you think a worldwide cataclysm won't happen, you should study the historic documents that tell us the history of catastrophic destruction - all across this Earth - which includes the true timeline for the advanced tech weaponry, the true timeline for the cataclysms, etc.

[@kakumee]

Do you think people outside of "earthquake country" should prepare for a possible future with earthquakes? Example people in Colorado KS experience small quakes or like the 1st one you show of 4.0? Iv been through a few frakeqakes (earthquakes believe to have heen causes by fraking for oil). Too scary for me! Im used to tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, mid flooding, droutes, ect.

[@WhirledPublishing]

@15:30 If you don't know why California and Japan are some of the earthquake-capitals of the world ... if you don't know why they have so many broken tectonic plates ... If you don't know when or how those tectonic plates were broken ... If you don't know when the tectonic plates of the Mediterranean were broken or the Caribbean ... or South Asia ... or New Zealand ... it's because you haven't done the research ... Since the timeline for all of that is documented - by our ancestors - in historic records, including the timeline for the formation of the ocean trenches, the timeline for the formation of the Grand Canyon and thousands of other anomalous geological features - including the formation of the White Cliffs of Dover, the formation of the Alabaster Cliffs of France, the formation of the Siberian and Deccan Traps, the cataclysms known as Nuuanu and Eltanin ... the formation of Mammoth Cave ... all of that is documented by our ancestors, including the timeline for the eruption of Yellowstone - and dozens of other supervolcanoes - that erupted all in the same night as thousands of smaller volcanoes erupted across five continents. If you prefer to go through life - being ignorant of the true history of our Earth - you are free to do so. If you want the true timeline for it all - you can have it - it's all documented in dozens of languages from all across our Earth - including the true timeline for the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Our Earth has never been hit by an asteroid impact - and neither has the moon - if you want to know what created the craters on the moon - and the splatter, you can find the evidence of that documented in historic records.

[@BlendedMozart]

Can you do Downtown Seattle?

[@EarthquakeSim]

yes! I just made a poll on my community tab. Vote for Seattle :)

[@user-bj5xr5ju4n]

that crane took it like a champ

[@EarthquakeSim]

Yep!!