Thursday, October 21, 2010

Mexico Earthquake

There was an earthquake that occurred between Baja California and Mexico that reached a magnitude of 6.9.  The strongest of the earth shaking was along the Mexico border but they said that they were not very worried about that area because not many people live there since it is mostly swamp. On the other hand, Baja California has Cabo San Lucus right on the border along with a city that has a very dense population of 200,000 people.  There were no sign of a tsunami occurring, but they could still have a lot of damage because they do not have strong buildings built.  Having cement made building with a very dense population means that they are going through more holes in the Swiss Cheese Complexity model.  This means that they could end up having more deaths than expected.

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