I'm guessing that your coffee shop probably has more structural support than every building in Baluchistan, combined.

Coffee shack,not coffee shop. This was when I was living in HI and much of the private construction there is not built to any code (a bunch of hippies and locals building their own homes in the forest/jungle using lots of scrap lumber). All were pillar and post designs with corrugated tin and fiberglass roofing, a couple of them did have some real glass windows rather than just screens, most had indoor plumbing but catchment rather than county water. These rather rickety looking structures and many other similar structures around them survived many 3.3 - 6.4 earthquakes with epicenters between 10 and 50 miles away. Most of those were relatively short though (3-15 seconds) but some were longer. One of them knocked me out of bed and took out most of the hanging art, but that was as bad as it got.

The quake must have been very close and/or very long to cause the damage it did.

But then again, what can be expected when they willingly restrict themselves to the 14th century?

If I had to guess, I'd say you could expect at least 150 deaths from a moderately severe earthquake. But I could be wrong.

I'm guessing that your coffee shop probably has more structural support than every building in Baluchistan, combined.

Now, certainly.But then again, what can be expected when they willingly restrict themselves to the 14th century?

Maybe the roof of Osama's cave fell in on him, and the earthquake accomplished what George W. Bush could not.

I can only hope that newspapers around the world run the headline: "Allah kills Bin Laden".

I have ridden out several about that strength in coffee shacks that suffered no visible damage to the structure.

I'm guessing that your coffee shop probably has more structural support than every building in Baluchistan, combined.

I have ridden out several about that strength in coffee shacks that suffered no visible damage to the structure.

That probably won’t further ingratiate them with the Baluchis.

Given how crappy "According to Jim" was, I don't think Baluchi is in any place to demand respect from anyone.

Now if John were still alive, the Baluchis would get a lot more sympathy.

That probably won’t further ingratiate them with the Baluchis.

Given who we're talking about, nor would a more complete response, even assuming one could be managed. It's cold, but there it is.