Engineering is vital to help poorer countries such as Haiti prepare for quakes, resulting in more durable buildings and, as a result, significantly fewer fatalities. The aftermath of last month's Haiti earthquake appalled the world. The 7-magnitude tremor on 12 January, and its subsequent aftershocks, caused widespread damage in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and its surroundings As The Engineer went to press, some 20,000 commercial buildings and 225,000 residential buildings were believed to have been destroyed, while the death toll exceeded 200,000.
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