Don’t Rebuild on China Quake Faults, Experts Warn
                   
watchmojo.com     Jun 18, 2008            

The red area northwest of Chengdu and Mianyang—the two largest cities in Sichuan Province—indicates where China’s May 12 earthquake was most intense in this map. Two geoscientists who identified Sichuan’s seismic hazard zone ten months before a massive earthquake tore through the region now say that rebuilding should be banned along these tectonic faults. Read full story According to Kevin... [read full story]                    


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