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Tectonic plates move below the ground, shaking and damaging buildings foundations.
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What are the damages of earthquake with a magnitude of 5?
A magnitude 5 earthquake may cause slight damage to well designed buildings and major damage or destruction of poorly constructed buildings.
How can filled land and loose soil affect the amount of damage caused by an earthquake explain?
Buildings on filled land has less damages. Buildings on loose or soft soil has more damage.
What do typhoon cause?
kill people and damages buildings and damages the earth
Who invented earthquake resistant buildings?
The person who invented earthquake proof buildings was called Proffessor Boermel
What can an earthquake do to buildings?
deatroy them...
Why did some of the buildings survive the Kobe earthquake and some did'NT?
because buildings built after 1960 were earthquake proof
Why are aftershocks dangerous to buildings after a large earthquake?
Sometimes, buildings weakened by an earthquake, then it would collapse during a aftershock.
Why are earthquake proof buildings only found in some earthquake prone areas?
Earthquake proof buildings are more expensive to build. Some people do not have the extra money.
What was the damages of the earthquake in China 1927?
yo8u dayanna
How many damages were there in the 9.5 earthquake in Chile?
lots
What does Chili's earthquake and Haiti's earthquake have in common?
they both dostroyed a lot of buildings
What has the author Hiroshi Akiyama written?
Hiroshi Akiyama has written: 'Earthquake-resistant limit-state design for buildings' -- subject(s): Buildings, Earthquake effects, Earthquake resistant design
