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| Keywords: Imperial County Services building damage 1979.jpg Earthquake damage caused to the Imperial County Services Building in the 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake The support pillar failed at the east end of the Imperial County Services Building in El Centro The concrete at the base of the columns was shattered and the vertical reinforced bars were severely bent allowing the building to sag about 30 cm This 6-story reinforced concrete frame and shear wall structure designed to be earthquake resistant was completed in 1971 at a construction cost of 1 87 million The building was later destroyed and rebuilt by the County of Imperial - Earthquake October 15 1979 Imperial County Services Building in El Centro View is north Photo by C Rojahn Figure 243 U S Geological Survey Professional paper 1254 2003-06-26 http //libraryphoto cr usgs gov/cgi-bin/show_picture cgi ID ID 20Johnson 20C E 2087 SIZE medium U S Geological Survey PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake Earthquake damage in California Imperial Buildings damaged by earthquakes California Former buildings in California Concrete buildings in California Built in California in 1971 Brise soleils El Centro California Earthquake engineering Engineering failures Black and white photographs of buildings California Black and white photographs of California Modern movement in California | ||||
