Yumei Wang
Yumei Wang
columns concerns engineer far immediate looking skinny
To any engineer looking at this, you would have immediate concerns because the columns are skinny and spaced far apart.
amount earthquake expect felt shaking small strongly widely
The amount of shaking was actually surprising. We wouldn't expect this small of an earthquake to be felt as strongly and as widely as it was.
levels low strong
It's not strong enough to withstand even really low levels of shaking.
centered ground island motion north point produced similar stronger swan
This produced much stronger ground motion than similar quakes centered at Swan Island or Kelley Point in North Portland.