What kind of house is strongest enough to withstand earthquakes?
See foundation. Generally speaking, a deep foundation is better than a shallow foundation; a raft foundation is better than a strip foundation; a strip foundation is better than a single foundation; a caisson and an integral basement are the best.
Look at the environment in which the house is located. The surrounding environment where the topography is prominent housing mouth, Yamadaka hill, non rock slope. Whether in an unstable gully and possible landslide, subsidence, collapse, rock fall area. Are there any seismogenic faults at the site? Is there an ancient channel?. Are there any liquefiable saturated sand and sub clay layers within 15 meters of the ground surface?. Generally located above, it is more susceptible to earthquakes.
Look at the material. The reinforced concrete structure is much better than the brick concrete structure in seismic effect. Ductile materials are more resistant to earthquakes than brittle materials.
Look room type. Building layout, according to Huxing map, to see the use of seismic performance is poor vertical wall load-bearing layout, or better seismic performance of the cross wall load-bearing or vertical and horizontal wall load-bearing layout.
Look at the level and the facade. Look at the flat and vertical shape of the house, it is simple and upright, and its gravity is well proportioned. The shape is complex, the stiffness varies, and the part is prominent or the external contour is tortuous. In fact, for seismic design, the more simple design, founder of the house, the stronger the seismic capacity. Owners in the election room, not too much pursuit of personality style. But for the facade, the building looks top-heavy (such as bottom overhead for the smaller column) often seismic effect is poor.
