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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.
== EarthquakeEarthquake Clusters Media ==
== Earthquake Media ==
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File:Quake epicenters 1963-98.png|Earthquake [[epicenter]]s occur mostly along tectonic plate boundaries, 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: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)
File:Comerio, Luca (1878-1940) - Vittime del terremoto di Messina (dicembre 1908).jpg|The [[1908 Messina earthquake|Messina earthquake]] and tsunami took almost 100,000 lives on December 28, 1908, in [[Sicily]] and [[Calabria]].
File:Comerio, Luca (1878-1940) - Vittime del terremoto di Messina (dicembre 1908).jpg|The [[1908 Messina earthquake|Messina earthquake]] and tsunami took about 80,000 lives on December 28, 1908, in [[Sicily]] and [[Calabria]].
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==