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To help prevent a roof from collapsing, builders make the roof out of light-weight materials. Outdoor walls are made with stronger and more reinforced materials such as steel or [[reinforced concrete]]. During an earthquake, flexible windows may help hold the windows together so they don't break.
To help prevent a roof from collapsing, builders make the roof out of light-weight materials. Outdoor walls are made with stronger and more reinforced materials such as steel or [[reinforced concrete]]. During an earthquake, flexible windows may help hold the windows together so they don't break.
== Earthquake Media ==
== EarthquakeEarthquake Clusters Media ==
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File:Quake epicenters 1963-98.png|Earthquake [[epicenter]]s occur mostly along tectonic plate boundaries, and especially on the Pacific [[Ring of Fire]].
File:Quake epicenters 1963-98.png|Earthquake [[epicenter]]s occur mostly along tectonic plate boundaries, especially on the Pacific [[Ring of Fire]].
File:Global plate motion 2008-04-17.jpg|Global plate tectonic movement
File:Global plate motion 2008-04-17.jpg|Global plate tectonic movement
File:HotelSanSalvador.jpg|Collapsed Gran Hotel building in the [[San Salvador]] metropolis, after the shallow [[1986 San Salvador earthquake]]
File:HotelSanSalvador.jpg|Collapsed Gran Hotel building in the [[San Salvador]] metropolis, after the shallow [[1986 San Salvador earthquake]]
File:Kahramanmaraş after 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Türkiye 5.jpg|The [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake]] ruptured along segments of the [[East Anatolian Fault]] at supershear speeds; more than 50,000 people died in both countries.
File:Kahramanmaraş after 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Türkiye 5.jpg|The [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes]] ruptured along segments of the [[East Anatolian Fault]] at supershear speeds; more than 50,000 people died in both countries.
File:2016 Central Italy earthquake wide.svg|Magnitude of the [[August 2016 Central Italy earthquake|Central Italy earthquakes of August]] and [[October 2016 Central Italy earthquakes|October 2016]] and [[January 2017 Central Italy earthquakes|January 2017]] and the aftershocks (which continued to occur after the period shown here)
File:2016 Central Italy earthquake wide.svg|Magnitude of the [[August 2016 Central Italy earthquake|Central Italy earthquakes of August]] and [[October 2016 Central Italy earthquakes|October 2016]] and [[January 2017 Central Italy earthquakes|January 2017]] and the aftershocks (which continued to occur after the period shown here)