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How Does NYC's Starchitecture Fare in an Earthquake?

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After our desks stopped shaking from the earthquake, we got curious: are those within the expensive walls of NYC starchitecture less likely to feel quake tremors? Not so much! At least not according to the folks who took to Twitter post-quake. Anyone else experience the earthquake from NYC's starchitecture?

And we spotted one rave review for the earthquake readiness of one non-starchitect structure:

There's also no need to worry about all that Williamsburg new construction:

UPDATE: And from a building everyone's probably wondering about: