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Another expert, he recalls, said it wasn't necessary because the turbine buildings were more earthquake-resistant than their Class B rating suggested.

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In 1995, New York City adopted earthquake-resistant building codes designed to protect against a magnitude-5 quake, but those codes would be inadequate if Tuesday's quake had happened in Brooklyn.

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As a result, earthquake-resistant design and construction were mandated for public schools.

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"The idea is to get perishable data," which will then be used to further improve earthquake-resistant construction, van de Lindt said.

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In 2008 the government bulldozed most of Kashgar's old city, destroying 80 percent of the mud-brick houses to build "earthquake-resistant housing".

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Japanese state broadcaster NHK reported early Saturday that the Japanese government has expressed concern about the structural strength of the Fukushima Daiichi plant's No. 1 reactor, saying water injections to cool fuel rods since the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami March 11 may be making the vessel less earthquake-resistant.

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"We trained Haitian civil engineers how to build earthquake-resistant buildings and from that group, the Haitian teams went out all over Haiti and did a number of seminars teaching people how to build earthquake-proof buildings," he said.

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Reflecting on London's ambitions for the place — he hired a fancy architect and used supposedly fire- and earthquake-resistant materials — Ms. Trubek remarks: "All that longing, all that work and then — poof!"

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"We trained Haitian civil engineers how to build earthquake-resistant buildings and from that group, the Haitian teams went out all over Haiti and did a number of seminars teaching people how to build earthquake-proof buildings," he said.

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Mid-rise buildings, those up to 100 feet, require much more-intensive engineering, while designs for high-rise structures often employ innovative earthquake-resistant designs that undergo rigorous review by the country's top structural engineers.

Japan a leader in engineering earthquake-proof structures, helping to limit damage 2011