Developed world

Example 1: Torre Mayor, Mexico City


 * 225m high skyscraper built in the earthquake prone city centre
 * 60m deep foundations to lock it to solid bedrock beneath (will not be affected by liquifaction)
 * "Super-diagonal" cross bracing steel frame to stop the floors of the building collapsing.
 * Huge shock absorbers within the frame dampen the earthquakes energy and therefore stop the building moving as much - it just gently flexes.
 * Built to withsatnd a 8.5 magnitude earthquake.