Live: Los Angeles Earthquake Building Code. The necessary upgrades could be pretty costly, ranging from $60,000 into the millions per building. Base isolation essentially functions like a shock absorber so a building does not sway violently even as the earth shakes below.

The need for such codes is reflected in the saying, earthquakes don't kill people—buildings do. or in expanded version, earthquakes do not injure or kill people.

See the best & latest earthquake building codes in california on iscoupon.com. No one knows because the vast majority of older concrete buildings have not been inspected by structural engineers to today's code for new buildings requires them to withstand the earthquake with moderate damage that could be repaired. Fox 8 sister station ktla has not reported any damage from the. A 4.1 magnitude earthquake shook los angeles early monday, the u.s.