coapsed. nto code. one big question following the quake is could we see similar damage of his 7.8 quake hit the united states? tonight cbs s olivia bf ronco reporting on what will get us ready for the big one. this is the cleanup before the earthquake. and southern california, thousands of buildings like this one are being strengthened to prepare for the next big quake. two large steel columns that go into this new very large foundation system here. reporter: kyle tourje eight is leading this record fit. if it shakes, how does it fail? the building pancakes. referent won reporter: in the city of los angeles alone, there are 13,000 of these structures. there are also over 1,009 duck out concrete buildings, the same
many yet collapsed. at least three people s mansion have been confirmed killed. up to 300 are in hospital. right now 18 of them in serious condition. we have several search and rescue operations including this one behind me taking place. we have had rescuers working for nearly nine hours right now trying to locate three people who are trapped inside this building. there were four people when the quake hit. that was a house owner with three to get his belongings out of the house. something that we have seen people doing here over the past couple of days. that house owner was rescued alive. we don t know the condition of the three people inside but we know the family members have been waiting out here. you can see the shock and the fear in their faces as you are waiting for the news if their loved ones. all they could do right now is sit and wait and pray that they can make it out alive. there has to be fear but
were rescued but sadly that child died a short time later. kitty logan is alive with the latest on those efforts, hi k katy. hi erica. it is incredible, isn t that some survivors are still being pulled from the rubble after all this time it is 12 days now since the quake hit. rescue workers were able to pull a family of live from these damaged buildings and southern turkey. three people are alive to children were also found dead at the same time and a third child as you say sadly died later from dehydration. even though despite the sad news there are some reports of even more miracle rescues yesterday as well. honestly, eric, the chance of finding more survivors now is becoming slimmer by the day. this footage shows just how extensive the damage is and how hard to define people who are trapped in all that rubble.