Earthquake fault under the Salt Lake Temple

[_hobart]

If I have my geography correct, this video seems to show an earthquake fault right underneath the SL temple, and another one under West Temple on the west side of the Tabernacle. Temple Square is shown on this video at about 8:35.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DByPiCkznE0




Hobart

[_gramps]

I was told just three years ago by a guide at Temple Square that Brigham knew all about that and that the temple was built to withstand any earthquake.

So, no need to worry!

[_moksha]

The majority of the Salt Lake Valley is vulnerable to liquifaction if the quake is strong enough.

[_Wheat]

I was told just three years ago by a guide at Temple Square that Brigham knew all about that and that the temple was built to withstand any earthquake.

So, no need to worry!

I was told once that under each of the four corners of the SL temple there was placed a huge hewn-granite ball that the building was supposed to be able to shift on to protect it in an earthquake. Don't know if it's true or if such a thing would actually work, but that's what I heard. Any structural engineers here?

[_TAK]

I had heard that the Three Nephites are capable of holding the entire temple up when an earthquake does hit.

The Billion(s) dollar boondoggle LDS mall will be toast though.

[_quaker]

Seismic isolation is a building technique that is very common in new buildings in seismically active areas. It essentially allows the ground to shift under the building without moving the building.

Bearings are placed at the foundation to allow the ground to move forward or backward and laterally without moving the building sitting on top. Well, the building does move, but to a far lesser extent than it would if there were completely unjointed connections (ie solid concrete walls or pillars)

Here are some quick images from google image search on 'seismic isolation'. It's kind of interesting what is below us in some buildings and yet we don't have a clue! I understand that the temple and tabernacle's renovation programs several years ago involved redoing the foundations. I imagine they placed rollers or bearings or something to make the building more stable during earthquakes.





You can also notice roller bearings on the supports and abutments of overpasses, if you want to see how the rollers/bearings under the buildings would work. They allow the bridge to contract as it freezes and thaws.

[_Inconceivable]

I had heard that the Three Nephites are capable of holding the entire temple up when an earthquake does hit.

The Billion(s) dollar boondoggle LDS mall will be toast though.

Great OP

The foundation of the Salt Lake Temple, as well as all of the Houses of the Lord, are protected by the power of the priesthood - God's holy power over the elements.

They are dedicated to withstand the elements throughout the millenium (after the God of Love returns and soaks His garments in the blood of those that fight against Zion).

Temples only fail structurally after they are desecrated by the unrighteous. Note that the SLC temple's foundation had to be replaced because it cracked when being built.

So, after the great quake, what will the hierarchy say when their flagship building fails structurally?

A sign of God's disaproval of the church as a whole or just bad engineering?

[_The Nehor]

Great OP

The foundation of the Salt Lake Temple, as well as all of the Houses of the Lord, are protected by the power of the priesthood - God's holy power over the elements.

They are dedicated to withstand the elements throughout the millenium (after the God of Love returns and soaks His garments in the blood of those that fight against Zion).

Temples only fail structurally after they are desecrated by the unrighteous. Note that the SLC temple's foundation had to be replaced because it cracked when being built.

So, after the great quake, what will the hierarchy say when their flagship building fails structurally?

A sign of God's disaproval of the church as a whole or just bad engineering?

If the LDS faith is ridiculous as you claim you shouldn't have to make stuff up to insult it.

[_antishock8]

They'll say the architect was engineering not as an architect at the time, but as a man.

[_The Nehor]

They'll say the architect was engineering not as an architect at the time, but as a man.

No they won't.