{{main|Earthquake engineering}} '''Seismic loading''' is one of the basic concepts of earthquake engineering which means application of an earthquake-generated agitation<ref name=ReadingStrongMotion>{{cite book|title= Reading and Interpreting Strong Motion Accelerograms|last=Hudson|first=Donald E.|year=1990|orig-date=1979|series=Engineering monographs on earthquake criteria, structural design, and strong motion records|volume=1|publisher=Earthquake Engineering Research Institute|isbn=0-685-14388-0}}</ref> to a structure. It happens at contact surfaces of a structure either with the ground,<ref>[http://earthquake.geoengineer.org/ The Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Portal]</ref> or with adjacent structures,<ref>[http://earthquake.geoengineer.org/ Seismic Pounding between Adjacent Building Structures]</ref> or with gravity waves from tsunami.
Seismic loading depends, primarily, on:
* Anticipated earthquake's parameters at the site – known as seismic hazard * Geotechnical parameters of the site * Structure's parameters * Characteristics of the anticipated gravity waves from tsunami (if applicable).
Sometimes, seismic load exceeds ability of a structure to resist it without being broken, partially or completely Due to their mutual interaction, seismic loading and seismic performance of a structure are intimately related.<ref>{{cite book|last=Reitherman|first=Robert|title=Earthquakes and Engineers: An International History|year=2012|publisher=ASCE Press|location=Reston, VA|isbn=9780784410714|url=http://www.asce.org/Product.aspx?id=2147487208&productid=154097877|archive-date=2012-07-26|access-date=2012-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726183407/http://www.asce.org/Product.aspx?id=2147487208&productid=154097877|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==See also== *Earthquake engineering structures
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