4d8f3680_Preventive_Measures__Damaging_Effect_of_Earthquake
[Type of soil] All masonry walls (with flat roofs) [Earthquake Resisting Feature] Use of good quality building units, cement sand or cement-lime-sand mortar, good quality of construction. Use of lintel band, in all internal and external walls with continuity in the reinforcement. Control on size and location of openings and use of reinforcing bars at jambs. Use of ceiling level band(like lintel band) below the roof or floor. Use of vertical reinforcing bars at corners and junctions of walls. [Damaging Effect of Earthquake] 
Shattering of masonry in heap of materials. Cracking and separation of walls of corners and functions of walls. Diagonal cracking in piers between windows and doors. Vertical bending cracks near tope of walls. Horizontal cracks near base of storeys.
Preventive Measures
Damaging Effect of Earthquake