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Major quake could destroy nearly 40% of buildings: Study

February 23, 2017 Reprints

A study by Canadian engineering services provider VC Structural Dynamics Ltd. has found that a major earthquake could severely damage or destroy nearly 40% of the buildings in Victoria, Times Colonist reports. The report said that if a magnitude-9 quake were to strike the Cascadia subduction zone, more than 4,700 buildings would suffer extensive damage and 440 would be completely destroyed. There is a 5% chance of such a quake occurring in the next 50 years.

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