As Mexico reels from a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck the country in early September, leveling homes and leaving hundreds dead, the country’s architects grapple with how to rebuild.
The first earthquake, measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale, struck on September 7 off the Pacific coast, devastating the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas in the south, and leaving at least 90 people dead. Less than two weeks later, the second tremor, measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale, hit about 75 miles outside of Mexico City. Nationwide, 369 people were killed.
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