But such codes have to strike a balance between safety and economic considerations. They can never require all buildings to be strong enough to come through an earthquake of magnitude seven or above unscathed.
只是，耐震法規要兼顧經濟考量和安全考量，不可能要求所有建物都是銅牆鐵壁，耐得住規模七以上的大地震。