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Study of strong ground motion may show need to modify building codes

 “ "In recent decades, population growth and scarcity of undeveloped metropolitan land have changed urban land use patterns and placed an increasing number of people and infrastructure in areas susceptible to topographic effects during earthquakes," said Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech.” Read more at http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2011/12/120811-engineering-motionbuildingcodes.html

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