earthquake

The county is often the first location on Taiwan to face typhoons, and its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire means it's prone to earthquakes.

Ever since the county of Los Angeles purchased one of downtown L.A.’s tallest skyscrapers, questions have mounted over whether the building could be vulnerable to major damage in the event of a massive earthquake.

The earthquake, felt at 2:56 a.m., was estimated at a magnitude 4.3, centered in Berkeley.

“It kind of sounded like an earthquake was coming,” she said.

But the damage to government services, he added, could "parallel the toll of the 2015 earthquake which took almost 9,000 lives".