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Viewpoints are preliminary.
A more consensus team report is yet to be produced. The trees in the picture were at the same elevation before the quake. The mosque did not tilt. There was indeed in this region a mixed batch of residential construction some of which was quite vulnerable. In my view, the most frequent source of collapse was the lack of adequate transverse reinforcement in reinforced concrete columns.