earthquake engineering

English

UN headquarters in Haiti after the Richter scale M7 plus earthquake of January 12, 2010.

Noun

earthquake engineering (uncountable)

The study of the behavior of buildings and structures subject to seismic loading

Further reading

earthquake engineering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
earthquake engineering on Wikiversity.Wikiversity
earthquake engineering on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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