Quake Machine Shocks 7-Story Condo

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 15:56 in Earth & Climate

Rattled on a giant "shake table," a seven-story building wobbled but didn't fall down—evidence that mid-rise wood-frame buildings can be built to withstand earthquakes, experts say. Video.

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