Civil Thinking

Damage from ground shaking

  • Tall, top-heavy structures can collapse
  • Unreinforced masonry performs poorly
  • Unsecured items withing a building fall on inhabitants
  • => collapsing/falling responsible for most earthquake-related deaths
  • => “duck, cover, hold”

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