The catastrophic collapse of a major bridge in Baltimore has drawn attention to the structural integrity of Bay Area bridges and the potential for a similar incident locally.
It isn't a surprise that the San Francisco would better handle a strong earthquakes with magnitudes of 6 and over, but that isn't the entire picture, says one geophysicist.
While new buildings in cities like Istanbul, Turkey were designed with modern earthquake standards in mind, the area of southern Turkey where a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck on Monday had not been seismically retrofitted.