page_title: Earthquake engineering
section_title: Seismic loading
hierarchical_section_title: Earthquake engineering / Seismic loading
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Tokyo Sky Tree 2012, Bahnhof Oshiage in Tokio; eröffnet am 22. Mai 2012 English: Tokyo Sky Tree 2012, Oshiage station in Tokyo; opened to the public on 22 May 2012 日本語: 東京スカイツリー（東京都墨田区）。南西から。
context_page_description: Earthquake engineering is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that designs and analyzes structures, such as buildings and bridges, with earthquakes in mind. Its overall goal is to make such structures more resistant to earthquakes. An earthquake engineer aims to construct structures that will not be damaged in minor shaking and will avoid serious damage or collapse in a major earthquake. Earthquake engineering is the scientific field concerned with protecting society, the natural environment, and the man-made environment from earthquakes by limiting the seismic risk to socio-economically acceptable levels. Traditionally, it has been narrowly defined as the study of the behavior of structures and geo-structures subject to seismic loading; it is considered as a subset of structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, applied physics, etc.
context_section_description: Seismic loading means application of an earthquake-generated excitation on a structure (or geo-structure). It happens at contact surfaces of a structure either with the ground, with adjacent structures, or with gravity waves from tsunami. The loading that is expected at a given location on the Earth's surface is estimated by engineering seismology. It is related to the seismic hazard of the location.
caption: Tokyo Skytree, equipped with a tuned mass damper, is the world's tallest tower and is the world's second tallest structure.
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