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Wikipedia: Earthquake engineering is the study of the behavior of buildings and structures subject to seismic loading. It is a subset of both structural and civil engineering. The main objectives of earthquake engineering are:
A properly engineered structure does not necessarily have to be extremely strong or expensive.
![[Lateral spreading mode of ground failure, Loma Prieta]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ground_failure_s.jpg "Lateral spreading mode of ground failure, Loma Prieta")
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![[Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Metsamor_aerien_s.jpg "Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant")
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![[Effects of completely shattered joints of concrete frame, Northridge]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kaiser_Permanente_Building_After_Northridge_Earthquake_s.jpg "Effects of completely shattered joints of concrete frame, Northridge")
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![[San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/6a34659r_s.jpg "San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire")
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![[Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table, UCSD, NEES network]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Large_High_Performance_Outdoor_Shake_Table_s.jpg "Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table, UCSD, NEES network")
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![[Full scale house being tested on the E]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/E_Defense_Shake_Table_s.jpg "Full scale house being tested on the E")
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![[NEES@Buffalo testing facility]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Seismic_Testing_of_Crane_s.jpg "NEES@Buffalo testing facility")
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![[Concurrent experiments with two building models which are kinematically equivalent to a real prototype]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kinematically_equivalent_building_models_on_a_shake_table_s.jpg "Concurrent experiments with two building models which are kinematically equivalent to a real prototype")
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![[Ruin of the $7,000,000 poorly designed San Francisco City Hall by 1906 earthquake and fire]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/San_Francisco_City_Hall_1906_s.jpg "Ruin of the $7,000,000 poorly designed San Francisco City Hall by 1906 earthquake and fire")
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![[FPB [http://www]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/FPB_testing_s.jpg "FPB [http://www")
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![[Advanced Structural Control: Earthquake protector at crash testing [http://www]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Snapshot_of_earthquake_like_crash_testing_s.jpg "Advanced Structural Control: Earthquake protector at crash testing [http://www")
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![[Partially collapsed adobe building in Westmorland, California]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Adobe_structure_s.jpg "Partially collapsed adobe building in Westmorland, California")
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![[Construction of Pearl River Tower X]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/2009_03_03_Pearl_River_Tower_s.jpg "Construction of Pearl River Tower X")
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![[Reinforced hollow masonry wall]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bond_beam_s.jpg "Reinforced hollow masonry wall")
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![[Collapsed section of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge in response to Loma Prieta earthquake]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/LomaPrieta_BayBridge_collapsed_section_s.jpg "Collapsed section of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge in response to Loma Prieta earthquake")
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![[Shifting from foundation, Whittier]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shifting_from_foundation_s.jpg "Shifting from foundation, Whittier")
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![[Shake-table testing of Friction Pendulum Bearings at EERC]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/FPB_testing_1_s.jpg "Shake-table testing of Friction Pendulum Bearings at EERC")
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![[Springs-with-damper close-up]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GERB_spring_with_damper_s.jpg "Springs-with-damper close-up")
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