CAN A SKYSCRAPPER MAKE EARTHQUAKE
ONE OF LATEST QUESTIONS OF THIS WORLD WHETHER THE MEGA
STRUCTURES BE MADE OR NOT ?ARE THEY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
EATHQUAKES OR IN NEAR FUTURE THEY CAN CREATE EARTHQUAKES?
THE WORLDS TALLEST BUILDING IN TAIWAN TAIPEI 101 MAY HAVE
REOPENED A GEOLOGICAL FAULT. ITS HEIGHT IS 508 MATERS ABOVE
THE GROUND AND CROWNED AS WORLD`S TALLEST BUILDING .IT HAS
BHUGE MASS OF 700,000 TONNES ,CERTAINLY IN ONE OF THE
HEAVIEST MEGASTRUCTURES.
THE SKYSCRAPPER RAISED QUESTIONS FOR FUTURE MEGA
STRUCTURES BECAUSE OF ITS HEAVINESS. EARLIER A LOW
MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE LESS THAN MANGNITUDE OF 2 ON RICHTER
SCALE , HITS ONCE A YEAR BUT ONCE THE TAPEI CONSTRUCTION
STARTED THE FREQUENCY OF EARTHQUAKE ALSO STARTED
INCREASING. EARLIER THIS YEAR A MAGNITUDE OF 3.2 CAME TWICE
WHICH IS BIG ENOUGH TO FEEL.
TAIPEI EXERTS ENORMOUS PRESSURE OF 4.7 BARS DIRECTKLY ON
THE GROUND AND THE PRESSURE IT`S PASSED TO THE CRUST LAYERS
BENEATH IT .
IT LEADS TO ENOURMOUS DISCUSSIONS FOR THE FUTURE
COMING MEGA STRUCTURES LIKE SKY CITY 1000 IN JAPAN WHICH
WILL SOLVE THE TOKOYS HOUSING PROBLEM.