Engineers built the pipe in a zigzag configuration, which converts the lengthwise expansion into a sideways movement. Wider zigzags were added in the Denali Fault area to anticipate earthquake ...

Roads sank, rose and cracked in the earthquake. “There is no doubt that the underground piping is also in shambles,” a Suzu city official said. About 300 kilometers of water pipes run under Suzu.

since it was only when the aquarium was electrically earthed, through the drain-pipe, that they responded to a coming earthquake.

Southwest Gas estimates there are more than 10,000 miles (16,100 kilometers) of the piping throughout Arizona. The utility says it has a plan to target high-risk areas for replacement or abandonment.