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This is a necessary trade off between the probability of extreme high intensity earthquake and economy of structural design. That is why we civil engineers call

This is a necessary trade off between the probability of extreme high intensity earthquake and economy of structural design. That is why we civil engineers call buildings “earthquake resistant” instead of “earthquake proof”.

HPsquared 5y ago
It's also not possible to "proof test" a building against earthquakes.
- redis_mlc 5y ago
  Well, there are building-sized shake tables: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7kKcIsBKDo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7kKcIsBKDo