During an earthquake, is the shock felt greater at lower elevation than at higher elevation?

Question

say you're at ground level during an earthquake vs. on a mountain. is the shock greater, lower, the same?

Answer 1

Mountains are mostly rock, which is a good place to be during an earthquake. Soft ground moves more. However, you're obviously a greater risk of landslide in the mountains.

It could be either more or less on top of building, depending number of factor lift frequency and building modes. There's no simple answer.

Answer 2

As for the water it has a lower freezing point the lower the pressure since the crystals of water actually expand as they form versus contracting. Mountains also tend to reach high enough to create storm front breaks. This can cause a built up cloud cover carrying moisture into columns. As the columns extend higher and the temperature gets lower the snow begins to gather. Also at lower elevations the wind shear and geographic conditions cause snow to move as well also adding to the difference in snow level at lower versus higher elevations.

Answer 3

effect is basically power divided by distance, yet on any vertical structure, any shock at the root will be felt greater on the top. Therefore the answer is: depending on the power and the distance you can either feel the shock lower or greater.

Answer 4

I'm guessing, at lower level the shock is felt greater than at higher level,i think!!!

Answer 5

I hope you are not asking this question from the top of the Empire State Building.