Yes, the structures in the picture are not susceptible to collapse and in the event of a collapse they tend not to cause significant injuries. The fact that they're on a hillside is good and bad. Good, because it means that they're not in a liquefaction zone. Bad, because they are vulnerable to landslides.
The big quakes in Mexico City have generally cause high levels of damage in the city center due to liquefaction and high-rise construction whereas the slums do much better.
141 posted on 01/12/2010 4:17:28 PM PST by oldleft
Yes, the structures in the picture are not susceptible to collapse...
We shall see tomorrow how much you know about physics and civil engineering.
143 posted on 01/12/2010 4:20:27 PM PST by Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)