To solve the following problems of a conventional construction: earthquake vibration horizontally hits a pile of a well known-construction and pitching of the earthquake vertically propagates along the pile to be directly transmitted to the building and to collapse the building; and ground liquefaction imposes step formation between the building and the ground surface: and to provide an earthquake resisting construction which is resistant to an earthquake.

According to the structure of the earthquake resisting construction, a bottom surface of a pressure-resistant plate 7 of a building 2 is laterally inclined, so that an upward pressing force 8 is applied to one end of the inclined mat slab while a downward pressing force 8' is applied to the other end of the inclined mat slab. Thus at the time of an earthquake, collapse of the building is prevented, and inclination of the building is automatically restored. Further, unlike a conventional construction method, a pile is dispensed with, which leads to a shortened construction period and curtailed construction costs. Furthermore even if the ground undergoes liquefaction at the time of an earthquake, the present earthquake resisting construction remains stable, secures horizontality, and is free from inclination.