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ONCE more, the recent Quetta earthquake has emphasised the importance of erecting none but earthquake-proof buildings in a district subject to destructive shocks. The few houses in Quetta that could lay claim to such a title seem to have survived the earthquake unharmed, not even their chimneys having been thrown down.
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Davison, C. Earthquake-proof Buildings. Nature 137, 55–57 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137055a0
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