60 Minutes: Quake Proof

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Wed, 16 Mar 2011 7:30p.m.

Why was one building is destroyed in the Christchurch quake but another, just metres away, survive intact?

When the 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook the Christchurch CBD last month, buildings crumbled to the ground. So why did some buildings manage to survive the ordeal and would your building withstand an earthquake?

Karen McCarthy brings you this story from Christchurch and Wellington.

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