4. State of the art in earthquake engineering
4.1 Earthquakes and earthen architecture
4.1.1 Ongoing seismic activity on land and underwater
Earthquakes are the cause of major human tragedies, claiming thousands of lives, as we are reminded by the terrible events that have destroyed entire cities in recent decades, in Mexico (Mexico City), Peru, Japan (Kobe), Iran (Gasvin and Bam), Turkey, Italy and, more recently, Indonesia, where the tsunami effect was particularly devastating. In the space of a few seconds, homes collapse, crushing their occupants under...
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