I know in the UK that we dont have masive earthquakes,but, how do you keep skyscrapers up in a earthquake?

Question: I know in the UK that we dont have masive earthquakes,but, how do you keep skyscrapers up in a earthquake?
- Keywords:
  building,
  earthquake,
  skyscraper,
  support
Asked by whitburndan12 to Roma on 17 Jun 2014.
- Roma Agrawal answered on 17 Jun 2014:
  
  Great question! You basically ‘tie’ the building up well, so all your floors, columns, beams have steel bars that connect them all together (even in normal buildings) but you have more in earthquake buildings.
  You can read more about a building that my company WSP did which is earthquake resistant here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_Mayor

Question: I know in the UK that we dont have masive earthquakes,but, how do you keep skyscrapers up in a earthquake?