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Houses are normally safe, stable and predictable. In an earthquake the falling down of the houses is therefore judged to be a catastrophy. But this is physically nothing to be taken for granted, at least not for the theoretically inclined.
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Andersson, Á.E. (1993). Unpredictability, frictions and order. In: Åkerman, N. (eds) The Necessity of Friction. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95905-9_16
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