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by killingtime74 55 days ago
Earthquakes. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1868calif/vir....

There's even a movie starring the Rock about it. (San Andreas)
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badc0ffee 55 days ago
SF has tall buildings downtown, so that can't be it. A better question is, why are they only downtown and not so much west of there.
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OkayPhysicist 55 days ago
It's possible, just expensive. Just like everything else about SF.
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vivzkestrel 55 days ago
how come japan has crazy tall buildings despite getting an earthquake few times every year?
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