Brick buildings damaged or destroyed in previous earthquakes
A car is seen covered in bricks following a reported 6.0 earthquake on August 24, 2014 in Napa, California.
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Bricks fall from an unretrofitted building during the 2014 Napa earthquake.
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Resuce workers remove bricks from crushed cars near the remains of a collapsed two-story building in Paso Robles, Calif., following an earthquake Monday, Dec. 22,2003. The Pan Jewelers building was one of the buildings that collapsed during the quake.
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Rescue workers uncover cars after a powerful earthquake collapsed buildings and killed at least two people, Monday, Dec. 22, 2003, in Paso Robles, Calif.
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Firefighters Roger Colombo, right, and Josh Cazier search through a car trapped under the roof at Pan Jewelers after Monday’s earthquake destroyed several buildings in Paso Robles, Calif.
(NICK UT / AP)Greenleaf Avenue, the heart of Whittier’s business district, was devastated in the 1987 quake. (Rick Corrales / Los Angeles Times)
Gus Koutroulis, left, mayor of Tehachapi, points out earthquakedamage to visitors (from left) Gov Warren, Sen Knowland and Maj. Gen. Walter M. Robertson. 1952 file photo.
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