On March 17, 2010, in the city of Concepcion in central Chile, an office building that was on sale remained standing due to its "strong column weak beam" design - even though the floors of some levels had already collapsed.
At 3 a.m. local time on February 27, a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile, shocking the world with its intensity. Some experts have stated that the destructiveness of the Chilean earthquake could be compared to 100 Haitian earthquakes.