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Contents of 11.9 Why are earthquakes destructive?
11.9 Why are earthquakes destructive?
- Risk assessment tools:
- Earthquake research saves lives and property.
- Seismic hazard mapping (Fig. 11.40) rates areas on probability of ground-shaking hazards and likelihood of seismic event occurring.
- Such risk maps commonly used by municipal planners, insurance companies, engineers, etc. to guide construction and building codes to withstand such forces.