Narrower term:

• Earthquake hazard analysis
• Earthquake resistant design
• Lifeline earthquake engineering

Broader term:

• Civil Engineering
• Engineering
• Engineering geology

Related Term:

• Shear walls

Earthquake Engineering

"Earthquake Engineering encompasses a broad range of activities that seek to minimise the damage and disruption communities suffer when hit by an earthquake. The subject includes: assessing the tectonic and fault mechanisms that generate earthquakes to estimate when they will occur and how large they will be; understanding how the earthquake energy transmits through the ground; quantifying the likely ground surface responses at a specific site throughout the life of a structure; assessing the liquefaction potential of soils at specific sites; designing structures and lifeline services (electricity, gas, transport, water, and wastewater) to minimise the damage and disruption during and after an earthquake; planning for emergency response and post-earthquake recovery; preparing communities for earthquakes." -- Earthquake Engineering. (n.d.). Retrieved August 05, 2020, from https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/postgraduate/subjects/earthquake-engineering/