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[-] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

In Europe we use reinforced concrete for the same purpose. Don't know if it works but it's the way it's done.

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Wait, are earthquakes common in Europe?!

[-] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Italy ils pretty shaky, Portugal too. Southern France is waiting for its own Big One.

[-] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For reference, nowhere in Western Europe is even close to the much of the west coast of the Americas in terms of seismic activity.

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