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what are some earthquake proof building designs?

I need some simple Earhquake building designs I meant I need some simple Earthquake PROOF building designs

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1. No expert here, but the pyramids are still standing after thousands of years.
2. Hydraulic designs .
3. You can either reinforce a building so that the shock waves are unlikely to cause the building to collapse or you can build on a platform of "shock absorbers" which effectively dampen the effects of the quake. I think the later is technically difficult but the most successful. In Japan they use "outriggers" to try and prevent collapse and support a building if it is damaged, but if the building and the outriggers both collapse then the area of damage is even greater. There is no such thing as 100% earhtquake proof.
4. buildings that are meant to be bent like the skyskrapers that bend and twist in the wind.
5. NO there are no earth quake building designs.. you see earth quakes are designed to destruck buildings but the stronger you build the building the more likely for it to be destroyed because earthquakes destroy not only the weak but it will destroy strong buildings because there plates are disturbed more than the weak ones wouldnt desturb them as much.. well that what i recon but 'great' Question anyway... would you happen to no weather volcanoes and earthquakes can effect each other trying to destroy buildings for e.g volcanoes burn and earthquakes move??? Haha... figure it out.. its a lil tricky though.. :)
6. Underground works for me...but Badaspie... has a better answer.
7. There are no truly earthquake-proof buildings, but there are design elements which can greatly increase a building's resistance to earthquake stresses. A modern California house is extremely resistant to earthquakes. The wood frame can flex in response to uneven loads, and the use of shear walls and solid connections between structural elements allows stresses to be distributed more evenly, with less risk of a single stress point leading to collapse. Base isolation systems are also effective and about as close to "earthquake-proof" as possible, and these can be retrofitted to existing buildings.
8. There are standards in countries that have earthquakes. Try googling building standards in Japan, for example.