Taiwan's Resilience: Surviving and Searching After Earthquake

Taiwan's tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, withstood a recent 7.4-magnitude earthquake with minimal damage, thanks in part to its innovative design featuring a 660-metric-tonne steel sphere known as a tuned mass damper. This pendulum-like device, nicknamed "Damper Baby," sways to counteract the building's movement, reducing its sway by up to 40%. The damper, suspended over 1,000 feet above the ground, is designed to absorb the force of intense swinging during earthquakes or typhoons, showcasing innovative engineering to safeguard structures in earthquake-prone regions.