Haitians who escaped to Chile after earthquake now sleep outdoors following second tremor

The Desarmes family not only survived the earthquake in their native Haiti, they managed to get out. Their new home: Chile, where they have just survived their second earthquake in two months, the BBC reports.

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Many buildings in Chile withstood a stronger earthquake than one in Haiti, which toppled concrete structures.

(CNN) — It’s a sobering fact: Earthquakes alone don’t kill people; collapsed buildings do.

But can people engineer buildings that wouldn’t crumble when subjected to the rumblings of the Earth?

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