Ethiopian Cities Unprepared For Earthquakes

"It is interesting to note that Ethiopian building officials and engineers can learn a lot from their counter-parts in other parts of the world like India, Greece, Turkey and Taiwan that experienced devastating earthquakes in the past 5 years. All these countries, like Ethiopia, do have strict seismic codes of standard but were not able to implement them well due to various reasons varying from poor quality-control and poor enforcement to inadequate or no construction supervision. More interestingly, the reinforced concrete high-rise buildings that have mushroomed in Ethiopia's major cities over the past 20 years or so share very identical design and construction characteristics with their counter-parts in these countries. "

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan