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Title: Poorly constructed buildings collapse
Caption: These buildings in Bam in southwestern Iran were constructed of masonry and unable to withstand the violent shaking of a M 6.6 earthquake in 2003. Collapse of masonry buildings was also widespread in the 2005 M 7.6 Bhuj quake in India. (Majid/Stringer/Getty Images)
Keywords: earthquakes, earthquake damage, destruction