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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,465
    I would not worry about it. I live in CA and do not worry about it at all. If the quake is big enough to knock over my speakers then there is going to a lot more to worry about then my audio gear. I have been in some big quakes and not much falls over. I was working in a CRT factory when the 10/16/99 quake hit and that was fun watching 30' high pallets of CRT's shake. So your speakers are fine.
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,000
    mrloren wrote: »
    If the quake is big enough to knock over my speakers then there is going to a lot more to worry about then my audio gear.

    Bingo....exactly the point I tried to make earlier. If bigger feet make him feel better though, rock on, won't hurt anything.

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  • Speedskater
    Speedskater Posts: 495
    I saw this on the Middle Atlantic site:

    The building codes selected for consideration are as follows:
    • 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC) which is the basis for the 2001 California
    Building Code (CBC)
    • 2000 International Building Code (IBC)
    • 2002 edition of ASCE Standard 7 (ASCE 7-02) which is the basis for the 2003 IBC
    and the 2003 edition of the National Fire Prevention Association Building
    Construction and Safety Code (NFPA 5000)
    • 2005 edition of ASCE Standard 7 (ASCE 7-05) which is the basis for the 2006 IBC,
    2007 CBC, and the 2005 edition NFPA 5000
    • 2010 edition of ASCE Standard 7 (ASCE 7-10) which is the basis for the 2009 and
    2012 IBC, 2010 CBC, and the 2009 edition NFPA 5000.
    These are the primary building codes that govern construction in the most earthquake-prone regions of the country
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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,465
    So if bigger feet make you feel better then go for it. The Easter quake a few years ago didn't even knock my RTi4 of the dresser or any pictures on the walls. All I did was grab my rib eye and ran out the back door.
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    mrloren wrote: »
    So if bigger feet make you feel better then go for it. The Easter quake a few years ago didn't even knock my RTi4 of the dresser or any pictures on the walls. All I did was grab my rib eye and ran out the back door.

    The thing about earthquakes is they are like a box of chocolate- You never know what you're gonna get. Northridge wiped out damn near everything I owned, and less than a mile from me, 53 lives were lost in a flattened apartment. All over the valley, there were broken buildings that fell into each other, collapsed or burned.

    The best thing you can do is try and protect from the minor and mid-level quakes, and pray the big one never comes.
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  • mrloren
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    I was living in Carlsbad when that quake hit. 3rd floor apartment. I was at work in the CRT factory during the quake and came home thinking something would be out of place and nothing moved. A minor to mid-level quake is not going to knock over speakers.

    After the Easter quake we went and got a lot of double sided tape to secure the trophies and nick nacks better but still that 7.2 that was 95 miles away from my house didn't knock anything over.
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,465
    No wait sorry that was the lander quake I think, I moved to Chula Vista by the time of the Northridge quake.
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    We are about due for another sizable one :o
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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,465
    edited February 2015
    afterburnt wrote: »
    We are about due for another sizable one :o

    There is no way to tell...

    the area around the salton sea has not gone off for over 300 years and they say when it does it will be the big one that will screw up the south west.
    Post edited by mrloren on
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
    Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
    Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Hey but you can't beat the weather %^(
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    afterburnt wrote: »
    We are about due for another sizable one :o


    And the scary thing is you never know when, but I just feel something is coming within the next six months...
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    They dont have to be all that big it depends on the movement. I have been in slow rolling ones like bobbing around in a boat an vertical ones that try to launch you off of the bed. Moderate horizontal movent will tip over rigid high center of gravity things. I have seen stacks of pallets full of ceramic tile just wiggle around in quakes because they are not rigid. Maybe I should bungee cord everything to the ceiling lol.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,000
    mrloren wrote: »
    All I did was grab my rib eye and ran out the back door.

    A man after my own heart....atta boy !!
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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,465
    tonyb wrote: »
    mrloren wrote: »
    All I did was grab my rib eye and ran out the back door.

    A man after my own heart....atta boy !!

    We just sat down for our Easter dinner and I gave up red meat for lent that year. Just as I took my first bite from a perfect bbq rib eye the quake started. I grabbed my plate and ran out the back door, followed by the kids and wife. That was one of the strongest shakers we have had in the area for some time.

    San Diego county is built on a lot of rock, what makes LA and the bay bad is it's on a lot of soft dirt and fill. They don't call it the LA basin for nothing
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
    Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    mrloren wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    mrloren wrote: »
    All I did was grab my rib eye and ran out the back door.

    A man after my own heart....atta boy !!

    We just sat down for our Easter dinner and I gave up red meat for lent that year. Just as I took my first bite from a perfect bbq rib eye the quake started. I grabbed my plate and ran out the back door, followed by the kids and wife. That was one of the strongest shakers we have had in the area for some time.

    San Diego county is built on a lot of rock, what makes LA and the bay bad is it's on a lot of soft dirt and fill. They don't call it the LA basin for nothing

    Cool you grabbed the steak instead of the wife and kids lol!
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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,465

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    Cool you grabbed the steak instead of the wife and kids lol!
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    the wife and kids have feet, steak does not
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
    Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
    Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
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