Earthquake Engineering | 10 Things You Didn’t Know About…

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Iain Stewart investigates the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and how buildings are now being engineered in Mexico to survive earthquakes.

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Earthquake Engineering | 10 Things You Didn’t Know About…

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