Lessons From Chile

KQED QUEST staff Audio Report on Mar 29, 2010 by from
Topics: Engineering, Geology, Radio

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The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile last month may offer some clues for how California would withstand such a massive quake. Andrea Kissack spoke with one Bay Area engineer who just returned from Chile where he was looking at how U.S. building codes held up in the quake.

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