re: Hypothetical if a 7.8 earthquake hit California like it did Turkey how bad

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1811 earthquakes were pretty bad

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A 7.8 on the New Madrid fault would be too terrible to think about. Imagine most of the rail and road bridges across the Mississippi collapsing, snarling up barge traffic. Heavy casualties due to mostly brick structures from Shreveport to Paducah. With faults, it's always a question of when, not if.