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What effects might earthquake motions have on buildings roads and household furnishing?
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How do you reduce the earthquakes effects?
Buildings can be placed on giant springs that can move slightly with the earth below them, they do not eliminate the danger of an earthquake, but they reduce it.
What scale describes the effects of an earthquake on people buildings and land at a given location?
The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (or the Macroseismic scale in Europe).
What is the role of community during an earthquake?
it effects them because it destroyed all there houses and building giving them no water or food for them to survive
What are the effect of an earthquake on land and on sea?
the effects of the earthquake is watching pornography
What caused the gujarat earthquake?
Gujarat lies around 400 km from the plate boundary that is located between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. This earthquake that struck Gujarat was caused by rifting reverse faulting on reactivated rift faults
What has the author Anand S Arya written?
Anand S. Arya has written: 'Protection of educational buildings against earthquakes' -- subject(s): Earthquake effects, School buildings 'Earthquake disaster reduction' -- subject(s): Brick Building, Buildings, Earthquake damage, Earthquake effects, Prevention
What does the mercalli intensity scall measure?
The effects of an earthquake on people and 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
What effects do different kinds of waves have on different kinds of buildings?
it depends on what building and what level earthquake
What has the author Henry J Degenkolb written?
Henry J Degenkolb has written: 'Earthquake forces on tall structures' -- subject(s): Buildings, Earthquake effects
What effects on haiti did the earthquake have?
The effects were... ~ Lots of people lost their lives ~ Many families were destroyed ~ Many houses and buildings were destroyed ~ A lot of money loss
Primary effects of earthquakes?
Primary effects are things that happen straight away as soon as the earthquake hits, such as; buildings shake/collapse (depending on how strong the earthquake is) roads crack/fall in, gas and water systems/poles break/burst
What has the author John W Wallace written?
John W. Wallace has written: 'The 1985 Chile earthquake' -- subject(s): Earthquake effects, Earthquake engineering, Reinforced concrete Buildings, Reinforced concrete construction, Standards
How do you reduce the earthquakes effects?
Buildings can be placed on giant springs that can move slightly with the earth below them, they do not eliminate the danger of an earthquake, but they reduce it.
What has the author Hajime Umemura written?
Hajime Umemura has written: 'Dynamic response of reinforced concrete buildings' -- subject(s): Buildings, Earthquake effects, Reinforced concrete construction, Structural dynamics
What are the primary effects of the 2001 gujarat earthquake?
90% of buildings collapsed water storage tank destroyed thats all i know sorry!
What scale describes the effects of an earthquake on people buildings and land at a given location?
The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (or the Macroseismic scale in Europe).
