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With man-made quakes, engineers test lifesaving technologies
April 17, 2012
April 17, 2012
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(CBS News) SAN DIEGO - Chile was shaken by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake Monday night. It was one of 13 powerful quakes around the world so far this month.
Structural engineers and researchers at the University of California have begun tests to determine what would happen when a series of massive earthquakes strikes a large medical building.
CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports on the experimental man-made earthquakes.
Chile earthquake prompts hundreds to flee capital in preventative evacuation
Over the next two weeks, they will be shaking an 80-foot-high building.
It's hard to tell from the outside, but on Monday
Structural engineers and researchers at the University of California have begun tests to determine what would happen when a series of massive earthquakes strikes a large medical building.
CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports on the experimental man-made earthquakes.
Chile earthquake prompts hundreds to flee capital in preventative evacuation
Over the next two weeks, they will be shaking an 80-foot-high building.
It's hard to tell from the outside, but on Monday
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