You can have automatic circuit breakes and shutoff valves for water and gas. You can enforce a building code that calls for all buildings, particularly multi storey ones to be quake resistant.
People avoid or limit an earthquake's damage by building structures that will not fail in the earthquake or subsequent events and make it safe at the same time.
you can try to build under ground walls with won't stop a earthquake but it will slow down the earthquake so it will weaken the earthquake. ?
Earthquake damage is the damage to property and life from the ground vibrations during an earthquake. The Richter scale is one way to measure the scale of earthquake damage. For example, a magnitude of 5 is strong enough to damage weak buildings.
An 8.5 Earthquake is MUCH larger and does more damage.
The earthquake damaged your grammer :P
Because it was a powerful, shallow earthquake.
The earthquake caused very little damage.
you are done!
Get in a tub...
The Christchurch earthquake in 2011 resulted in significant damage to buildings, infrastructure, and loss of life. It caused an estimated $40 billion in damages and affected thousands of residents in the region.
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Earthquake scales that take into consideration the damage caused by an earthquake are known as intensity scales. Examples include the The Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale and the Macroseismic Scale.