China Earthquake Update; Magnitude 7.0 Quake Strikes, Why Damage Was Surprisingly Light

A major magnitude 7.0 earthquake just struck a highly populated region of China, causing significant damage to many structures. Yet, despite more than 200,000 people experiencing strong shaking, the damage from this earthquake was surprisingly light given its high magnitude. The likely cause of this is not Chinese censorship, but instead a phenomena known as building resonance. Thumbnail Photo Credit: This work “Xinjiang1“, is a derivative of a photo (resized, cropped, text overlay, overlaid with GeologyHub made graphics (the earthquake circles, image border, & the GeologyHub logo)) from “Ruins of Gaochang“, by: David Stanley, davidstanleytravel, 2017, Posted on Flickr, Flickr account link: , Photo link: , CC BY 2.0. “Xinjiang1“ is used & licensed under CC BY 2.0 by A special thanks to the EarthquakeSim YouTube channel for granting me permission to use clips of his footage! Video Sources from the EarthquakeSim YouTube channel: [1] [2] If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: ) (YouTube membership: ) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: ) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: ) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under “fair use“. If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at tccatron@ and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video’s thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: CC BY 2.0: Sources/Citations: [1] U.S. Geological Survey 0:00 Major Earthquake in China 0:31 Damage 1:45 Building Resonance 3:22 Geologic Setting