Now I want to know what the building code in Japan is…
@Trifler500 Says:
My first experiment to maintain the water and electrical connections would be to do the same thing we currently do for natural gas, namely use flexible piping at key locations. The shake table experiments should help to identify those key locations.
@yesto3rrishuman Says:
woah, will wood worked on this video?
@attiq9 Says:
What if the earthquake simulator has an earthquake?
@general8vergel Says:
Im pretty sure i watched this video but different thumb nail
@leojoung1507 Says:
9:26 Isn’t this footage from New York mid-air collision which did happen in 1960 but has nothing to do with the earthquake? 🤔
@willtreaty-b1w Says:
how do you get the same earthquake 29 years later?
@s9guod7ggwvi8 Says:
Houses are solid, right??????? How come they're jiggling like that
@せいこうちゃん Says:
このような希少な設備があること、恥ずかしながら今知りました。
@maximsigal620 Says:
is the new thumbnal ai?
@owlofhyperion Says:
It’s about the will of the government to protect its people from earthquakes. In China, recent earthquakes especially in Sichuan killed students in their schools as their structures collapsed. The Chinese government still doesn’t care much. Moreover it did the opposite and tried to suppress the news.
@Motor785-byk Says:
This is more distructive
@Motor785-byk Says:
No is not ok
@nabhan1999 Says:
I am back here to comment that the thumbnail has been changed to what seems like an AI generated image, and to say that I'm disappointed they chose that over an image over a year after this video was posted.
The original title and thumbnail was, if I am not mistaken, "The world's largest earthquake machine" and the thumbnail was a test building on the machine with a red circle and text saying "1300 tons".
@Wadesworld05 Says:
The fact this thing could shake 15000 tons at 1.5gs is crazy. Thing could shake your mom
@Brontisaurio Says:
8:44 pls link to the video
@lara7927 Says:
the algorithm is wild for recommending this to me right after the earthquake in Bangladesh 😭
@hasiburrahman5637 Says:
YouTube recommended me this at the time we are facing several earthquakes in Bangladesh recently.
@razibahsan9075 Says:
What a crazy timing, that 5.7 earthquake really changed my whole fyp.
@andreaszombanakis5278 Says:
Hello Derek. Why do they need to pump the hydraulic oil to the simulator if the oil is already pressurized by expanded Nitrogen??
@CCCharles Says:
Hi Derek there is another way to prevent house from collapsing in earthquake, traditional Chinese wood buldings have a counter intuitive approach to earthquake, we build a top heavy and light bottom wood house. It can withstand earthquake of more than magnitude 10.
@QAYWSXEDCCXYDSAEWQ Says:
Can you imagine working there as a builder; you spend all week putting up a building, laying out furniture, the books; it's like moving house, only harder. At the end of the week, they shake place to pieces and you have start all over again on Monday.
@Shah9730 Says:
I live in Chittagong, the second-largest city in Bangladesh. It sits at the dangerous junction of three major tectonic plates—the Indian Plate, the Eurasian Plate, and the Burma Plate. A major earthquake could strike at any moment; our history proves that. And if it happens at night, when everyone is asleep, a bed could turn into a grave.
Our government is deeply corrupt. They do not think about ordinary citizens. Building codes are neither updated to withstand strong earthquakes nor properly enforced. One day an earthquake may come, and I may die—buried under rubble with all my dreams yet to achieve, along with millions of others like me.
@yasminbegum3507 Says:
Came from Bangladesh. Taking notes after encountering it, on a magnitude 5.7, in 2025.
@Alpha-lm5vd Says:
Stop sending people and go yourself
@harenzpiape9618 Says:
Can anyone point out the part of the video where they actually show or explain how they earthquake-proofed the house? As what the title says
@Reamigullas Says:
The Philippines needs this facility😢
@shaider1982 Says:
As someone who experienced an earthquake as a kid, the tests done here looks more terrifying than the one which I lived through (we were far from the epicenter to avoid damage but close enough to make it like a weird theme-park ride.
@dendendenx3 Says:
its more how japan prevent earthquake damage,
@blehbleh1260 Says:
It's crazy to me how the Japanese government actually cares about their citizen's safety. Billions spent for this facility.
@RealTheJow Says:
Flexible pipes with good amount of lenght between ground to the inside the homes. But to be maintenance free for longer years will have to be made of expensive materials
@antonrolandzaratuburan1578 Says:
❤
@CamonaTempest Says:
Thanks
@kobedelantar4634 Says:
I'll save my country Philippines
@LightChattino Says:
i mean i do get it i live in Davao Oriental (Philippines) and i experienced 7.4 plus 6.8 doublet earthquake
@mr.x8382 Says:
Had to give this video a thumbs down! Why didn’t they have American measurements along side what was used? This is lazy! And annoying to have to look up.
@Joy_Martin Says:
Watching this after the 7.6 earthquake in the Philippines October 2025
@quotesmoto Says:
7.6M in Davao, Mindanao Philippines October 10, 2025
@iamtonisilvers Says:
Coming from the Philippines, Japan is one of our neighbors in the Ring Of Fire and as a Filipino we are so Jealous how Their government took action about earthquake and making their establishments earthquake proofed
@Otts287 Says:
So how do you earthquake proof your house?
The video talks about the history of things and the technology used. But it doesn't really answer the question.
So, I'm disappointed. More of this and I'm unsubscribing.
@kazuma2814 Says:
Nice recommendation. (After a M7.6 this morning and a M6.9 about an hour ago)
@HikariXD Says:
Youtube recommended this to me after a recent earthquake earlier this day in the Philippines, at approximately 9:45 AM, Oct 10, 2025
@radigenstudios Says:
Apparently Youtube knows when an earthquake strikes in my area then recommends me this
@rolandojr.bacalla Says:
react to this comment if you're one of the people who experienced the Cebu 6.9 magnitude earthquake in September 2025 and is trying to find ways how to make your house shakeproof.
@English36012 Says:
Very good
@ReynaMirez Says:
"ask seismologists" lmao i love that answer
@ReynaMirez Says:
I mean, did anyone expect wooden buildings over a 100 years old would be able to withstand the earthquake?
@AndorranStairway Says:
Gotta say, getting to play with a giant earthquake simulator must be a dream come true
@ChallHatt Says:
This video focused entirely on the shaking table and never went into the depths of the Japanese building codes that are the real deal when it comes to making E-resistant house. I was here for that.
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