Unreinforced masonry buildings in Portland, like the Cadillac Hotel building in Seattle that was damaged during the 2001 Nisqually quake, shown here, are highly vulnerable in earthquakes. Credit: Erik Stuhaug via Seattle Municipal Archives, Seattle, WA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Unreinforced masonry buildings in Portland, like the Cadillac Hotel building in Seattle that was damaged during the 2001 Nisqually quake, shown here, are highly vulnerable in earthquakes. Credit: Erik Stuhaug via Seattle Municipal Archives, Seattle, WA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Unreinforced masonry buildings in Portland, like the Cadillac Hotel building in Seattle that was damaged during the 2001 Nisqually quake, shown here, are highly vulnerable in earthquakes. Credit: Erik Stuhaug via Seattle Municipal Archives, Seattle, WA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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