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... An essential part of what goes into engineering decisions on design and into the development and revision of earthquake-resistant design codes is therefore seismological, involving measurement of strong seismic waves, field studies of intensity and damage, and the probability of earthquake occurrence.
The training and experience that emergency services have is also a major factor to assessing how vulnerable LEDCs are to earthquake hazards. ... Individual houses in Tokyo have "smart metres" which cut off the gas if an earthquake over magnitude 5 on the Richter scale occursearthquakes and ensuring no major collapse at the strongest intensities.
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