We can neither predict, nor fight against an earthquake. At the most, we can try to limit the damage and human losses provoked by an earthquake in a urban site. These sites, for practical reasons, are often built on sedimentary or lake basins. Nevertheless, the latter are the most dangerous sites in the event of an earthquake, because of the mechanical properties of the soil (Mexico-City in 1985, Izmit in 1999...).A first step in attempting to limit the effects of earthquake in urban zones is to understand the mechanisms and phenomena involved in such an event. These are mainly of two strongly-coupled types: on the one hand, the mechanisms and phenomena related to the history of the incoming wave, and on the other hand, those related to the...