New Zealand Earthquake Reveals Vulnerability of Many U.S. Urban Centers

Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 23:00 in Earth & Climate

Thomas D. O'Rourke, an expert on the impact of earthquakes on infrastructure and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, notes that the earthquake that struck New Zealand this week reveals the vulnerability of many U.S. cities.

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