stonegonzard

I know Chile and Japan have high standards for buildings and construction, I am from Peru and all buildings are made of concrete. Are developers in Seattle require to commit to anti seismic features in the buildings? How that can be improve in the near future? Is government going to put some legal requirements from now on. What about houses built in the last century? are they way less prepare for a quake 9.2, so how bad is to live in an old building ?

I just asked a similar question. Then, how soon new codes are going to be required?, we are living during the Development boom in Seattle, codes should be required sooner than all buildings will be only made to NOT collapse.