Why are there glass skyscrapers in earthquake territory?
In San Francisco, the Salesforces building has many glass windows. Won’t the glass break during an earthquake and fall on pedestrians on the street. Do engineers expect the glass not to break during an earthquake?
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Easy answer: because it’s safe. Earthquake-prone cities have anti-earthquake building standards; the skyscrapers you see are built the way they are because they’re known to be safe in the event of an earthquake.*
*or, at least, they’re safe enough relative to cost, in the opinion of the people making the safett stabdards.
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