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    After Mexico City quake, big structural risk remains

    by Rong-Gong Lin II and Cecilia Sanchez, Los Angeles Times Nov 10, 2017 3 minutes

    MEXICO CITY - Certain types of buildings are especially vulnerable to collapse during earthquakes - and earthquake-prone Mexico City is filled with them.

    Those with so-called brittle concrete frames are well-known hazards. Buildings with a weak first story, often supported by narrow columns to accommodate parking, are also known to be dangerous.

    How many such buildings exist in this 573-square-mile metropolis, home to nearly 9 million people, is hard to know. The government has never cataloged its real estate to identify risky structures.

    Now, in the wake of the magnitude 7.1

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