California has had dozens of earthquakes in the past few weeks... no damage at all.
This article is inappropriately titled. The US lags on retrofitting older buildings to newer standards but that's only because we're don't tear our buildings down every 3 decades like they do in Japan.
"US" is a bit of a broad term. I have never even experienced an earthquake, so I would say there is a decent portion of the US that has no need for such, likely expensive, renovations.
Almost wonder if this it a puff piece like the NYT's bit on 5g a few weeks ago.
This article is inappropriately titled. The US lags on retrofitting older buildings to newer standards but that's only because we're don't tear our buildings down every 3 decades like they do in Japan.