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Seismic waves can cause damage to buildings.
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Is it true that seismic waves can cause damage to buildings?
Yes. Multiple peer-reviewed and reference sources state that seismic waves from earthquakes cause damage to buildings and infrastructure, including structural deterioration and collapse. A few sources address this only for specific structures or regions, but the general claim is directly supported.
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Carpio, F. D. & Chacon, A. S. (2022). Analysis of the magnitude of the seismic waves energy transferred to the foundation of a building. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.7764/ric.00022.21
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Seismic Risk Assessment of Existing Buildings of HSTU Campus in Dinajpur. (2023). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.36937/cebel.2023.1887
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Nonlinear response of high-rise buildings subjected to rocking motion induced by passage of Rayleigh waves. (2019). brgm.hal.science. https://brgm.hal.science/hal-02147021v1
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Mojeeburahman, M. & Alejandro, J. R. (2025). A review of literature and building standards to inform design and construction of earthquake resistant earthen houses in Afghanistan Preprint. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17056267
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Pompella, M. & Scordis, N. A. (2017). The Palgrave Handbook of Unconventional Risk Transfer. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=qLEvDwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api
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Development of the Portable Shake Table for Simulating Building Characteristic under Earthquake Condition. (n.d.). iptek.its.ac.id. http://iptek.its.ac.id/index.php/jps/article/download/5834/3788
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Wikipedia: Seismic metamaterial. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic_metamaterial
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Park, S., Shin, C., Kim, Y., & Clayton, R. W. (2022). Seismic wave simulation using a 3D printed model of the Los Angeles Basin. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08732-w
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Xu, Z., Rehman, U. u., Mahmood, T., Ahmmad, J., & Jin, Y. (2023). Assessment of Structural Systems to Design Earthquake Resistance Buildings by Employing Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Method Based on the Bipolar Complex Fuzzy Dombi Prioritized Aggregation Operators. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/math11102226
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