Earthquake-safe Buildings is a collection of articles written with a goal to communicate the concepts of earthquake-resistant design of buildings to the general public. The context of these articles has roots in Indonesia, a country prone to earthquakes and tsunamis. Stakeholders in Indonesia felt that the information on earthquake hazard, effects of earthquakes on buildings and regulations on building safety should be readily available to engineers, architects, contractors, building owners and staff of building departments. The present set of articles is intended to convey the key concepts regarding earthquake safety to a wide range of audiences including professionals and policy-makers. These articles are generally applicable to countries vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis.

This document was developed and reviewed by an international team of experts from the World Housing Encyclopedia project. The efforts were led by Andrew Charleson. Comments from the following reviewers helped improve the document: Svetlana Brzev, Marjorie Greene, Shannon Spiers, Dustin Cook, Lars Abrahamczyk and Reza Imani. Brijhette Farmer prepared the drawings. Unless otherwise noted, all photographs were taken by Andrew Charleson. The original set of articles can be downloaded from https://www.world-housing.net/tutorials/earthquake-safe-buildings. The first article has been modified by Manish Kumar to suit the Indian earthquake scenario.