Torre Mayor building of Torre Mayor building of Mexico CityMexico City

Device reducing building movement duringDevice reducing building movement duringan earthquakean earthquake

Earthquake shock absorbers in the Earthquake shock absorbers in the Torre Mayor building of Mexico CityTorre Mayor building of Mexico City

Unreinforced buildings and Unreinforced buildings and narrownarrow streets of Kathmandu, Indiastreets of Kathmandu, India

2015 Kathmandu earthquake2015 Kathmandu earthquake

2015 earthquake and the narrow streets of 2015 earthquake and the narrow streets of Kathmandu, IndiaKathmandu, India

1985 Mexico City quake1985 Mexico City quake

Mexico City (1985)Mexico City (1985)

California expressway damageCalifornia expressway damage

San Fernando, California (1971)San Fernando, California (1971)

horizontal shaking of a buildinghorizontal shaking of a building

earthquake damaged houseearthquake damaged house

damaged railroad tracksdamaged railroad tracksSan Fernando quake 1971San Fernando quake 1971

fractures in the soilfractures in the soil

damaged roaddamaged road

The movement of loose sediment The movement of loose sediment causes a housecauses a house

to tiltto tilt

1999 earthquake damage in turkey1999 earthquake damage in turkey

Kobe, Japan expressway 1995Kobe, Japan expressway 1995

Kobe expressway on edge.Kobe expressway on edge.

Japanese earthquakesJapanese earthquakes

Kobe fires resulting from rupturedKobe fires resulting from rupturednatural gas pipes.natural gas pipes.

New Zealand quakeNew Zealand quake

New Zealand quakeNew Zealand quake

liquifaction causes building to leanliquifaction causes building to leanJapanJapan

San Francisco expresswaySan Francisco expressway

Japanese TsunamiJapanese Tsunami

after the tsunamiafter the tsunami

destroyed villagedestroyed village