Earthquake Proof
Home
What exactly is an Earthquake?
How do they affect us?
Where do they come from?
How often do earthquakes occur?
Earthquake Saftey
The eCybermission Earthquake Project
Experiment Pictures/Videos
Experiment
The Foundations
>
Raised Foundation
Slab on Grade Foundation
Friction Pile Foundation
Raft Foundation
Sources
An Earthquake, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is 'a shaking or trembling of the earth that is volcanic or tectonic in origin.' Earthquakes are measured in magnitudes on the Richter Scale.