In addition to the flexibility of MSE walls in design and construction, seismic testing conducted on a large scale shaking table laboratory at the Japan National Institute of Agricultural Engineering (Tsukuba City), showed that modular block reinforced walls, and even more so geocell retention walls, retain sufficient flexibility to withstand large deformations without loss of structural integrity, and have high seismic load resistance.
Furthermore, MSE walls offer flexibility in design and construction. Seismic testing at the Japan National Institute of Agricultural Engineering (Tsukuba City) demonstrated that modular block reinforced walls and geocell retention walls can endure substantial deformation without losing their structural stability and possess excellent seismic load-bearing capacity.