Earthquake Causes

An earthquake is caused by an excess amount of stress in between two fault lines. When the stress is released, it results in large shakes and tremors underground. These shakes are called earthquakes and cause very much damage.

Results of Damage
Earthquakes result in many in stances of damage including but not limited to: Many casualties Building damage Spilt coffee Spilt bodies

Cost of earthquake damage

Average skyscraper cost : a little over 2 billion $ Average cost of damage after an earthquake: a little over 4 billion The Haiti earthquake cost a staggering 14 billion. The Japanese earthquake in 2011, the cost was over 300 Billion!

Fatalities
Dead from earthquakes per year: 63,000 Injured from earthquake: approx. 4 million Yearly cost from earthquakes: 351million

Earthquake Fatality Chart

( In 1976 an earthquake in Tangshan, China killed close to 655,000, which is why the death rate was so high that year. )

The Damage Rate of Earthquakes Per Year

Solutions
Levitating foundations Shock absorbers Carbon fibers Biomaterials Cardboard tube The problem with these ideas

Cost of said solutions

All of these solutions cost money Money is out of our budget We dont actually have a budget I'm paying 12 cents a second for this presentation, so you should clap

Inventive ideas
Stabilize earthquakes New idea Cost-effective Lets try not to get anyone killed, Griffin

First solution

Levitating gimbal: interesting, easy, but impractical (impossible because gravity hates us)

Second solution

Our second idea was a good one, but it was too expensive and unrealistic in the event of an actual earthquake.

Third (hopefully) working solution

Our next solution takes thequake. It uses magnets to levitate the building. We figured that it wouldnt allow the energy waves produced by the quake to reach the building. We had to take such drastic measures, given thegravity of the situation.

Conclusion
Useful and simple Looks pretty schmexy (come on, its a levitating building, it doesnt get any better)