News reports indicate that the poorer, rural villages were hardest hit. Swaminathan Krishnan, assistant professor of civil engineering and geophysics at the California Institute of Technology said: "the earthquake occurred in the rural part of China. Presumably, many of the buildings were just built; they were not designed, so to speak." Swaminathan Krishnan further added: "There are very strong building codes in China, which take care of earthquake issues and seismic design issues. But many of these buildings presumably were quite old and probably were not built with any regulations overseeing them." COUNT 6
QSN1 What areas were the hardest hit? ANS1 the poorer, rural villages QSN2 Who was an assistant professor of civil engineering and geophysics at the California Institute of Technology? ANS2 Swaminathan Krishnan QSN3 What part of China did the earthquake occur in? ANS3 rural part QSN4 What did Swaminathan Krishnan mean when he said the buildings were just built? ANS4 not designed QSN5 What manner of building codes are there in China? ANS5 very strong QSN6 What were many of these old buildings built without? ANS6 regulations