They have reinforced steel skeletons, which sway with a quake rather than collapsing, their foundations are often set on rubber pads, and they have liquid-filled "dampers" built into their structure ...

A video shows the damper dramatically swaying during a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in 2022. Plenty of other tall structures also rely on tuned mass dampers, which can sway side to side to counteract ...

Among the most widely used devices are tuned mass dampers, which involve a large suspended weight that moves in the opposite direction of building sway during an earthquake, effectively ...

Called a wind damper, it "absorbs slight swinging motions ... and staging regular earthquake drills among the general public," said NPR. "The most important task that we have done is the retrofit ...

emerged largely unscathed from a recent 7.4-magnitude earthquake, showcasing its resilience. The building's unique design, featuring a giant pendulum known as the "Damper Baby," played a crucial ...

Musk says it will cover the distance from San Francisco to Los Angeles in half an hour, so naturally it will have to account for the risk of earthquakes ... lateral dampers, so the tube would ...

The skinniest skyscraper in the world, the Steinway Tower in New York City, has a mass damper in its frame that weighs 800 tons — about as heavy as four blue whales. People in earthquake-prone ...