Reply #11: Paso Robles had one last year.. it killed a few people.

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Downtown Paso Robles, which would be the most affected by this new earthquake, is a lovely little town. The downtown, however, is populated by unreinforced masonry buildings.. many of which were damaged last time.. and that was where the fatalities occured last time.

While the quake was centered outside of Paso Robles, a 5.8 would still affect Paso Robles, Cambria, Atascadero, etc.. 15 miles from epicenter is not that far away...

We moved from that area a year ago. I'm amazed at the two earthquakes.. In the 15 years I lived here, I can only remember the San Francisco earthquake remnants as any significant earthquake event. Hope everyone is okay there.. I'm sure I'll be getting phone calls from relatives there any time now. Probably shaken nerves more than anything... but those unreinforced masonry buildings that populate most of the cities in San Luis Obsipo County are problems...