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How can California’s skyscrapers withstand a major earthquake? LA County is trying to find out.

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Faced with the prospect of extensive and expensive seismic retrofitting of its downtown headquarters built in the 1960s, Los Angeles County decided to scrutinize alternatives. It’s a much newer building just a few blocks away. This could be because not only were they manufactured to stricter standards, but they were also available at a significant discount…