ISAAC’s technology: how do active mass dampers work? All structures, from the terraced houses of the city suburbs to the taller and taller skyscrapers of the financial districts, from motorway viaducts to the longest suspension bridges in the world, are subject to...
The antiseismic renovation of an existing building can affect any element that needs to be secured, from the foundations to the floors, from the walls to the roof. To improve a building from an earthquake protection point of view and make it resistant if an earthquake...
Japan is notoriously a high earthquake risk country where technologies aimed at earthquake damage mitigation have been developed over time. At the same time, increasingly stringent regulatory changes have made Japan the place other countries look to when it comes to...
Have you ever wondered which earthquakes were the strongest ever?Below is a list of the strongest seismic events. For earthquakes prior to 1900, it was possible to include on the list only the ones we have detailed information about, and therefore whose magnitude it...
Often the difference between the magnitude and intensity of an earthquake is not clear, because both measure the magnitude of an earthquake, but have different meanings. The magnitude of an earthquake. Magnitude measures how strong an earthquake was and estimates the...
How to help in the event of an earthquake? How is an earthquake predicted? Often we insiders assume that ordinary city dwellers know what an earthquake is, how they should behave if there is an earthquake and the rules to follow. This explains why while technicians,...
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