New Zealand Dominion Post: Quake-damaged Mexico City has much in common with Wellington, warns expert
Wellington needs to heed warnings from Mexico City’s recent earthquake because the two capitals have important features in common, an industry expert says.
Kit Miyamoto, head of structural engineering firm Miyamoto International, has been in Mexico, helping with recovery efforts after September 19’s 7.1-magnitude quake, which killed 370 people, and caused the collapse of more than 40 buildings.
He worked beneath one of the collapsed structures, and said it reminded him that New Zealand had similarly vulnerable buildings.
