section_path: Sub-disciplines/Earthquake engineering
section_name: Earthquake engineering
paragraph_text: Earthquake engineering
  
  Earthquake engineering involves designing structures to withstand hazardous earthquake exposures. Earthquake engineering is a sub-discipline of structural engineering. The main objectives of earthquake engineering are to understand interaction of structures on the shaky ground; foresee the consequences of possible earthquakes; and design, construct and maintain structures to perform at earthquake in compliance with building codes.