The article describes the application of the seismological method of microseismic registration to solve technical problems, in particular, the survey of residential apartment buildings. The aim of the study is to detect possible hidden violations of load-bearing structures when examining the condition of a significant number of buildings in Katav-Ivanovsk, Chelyabinsk region, after a recent seismic event in September 2018. Examples of the use of microseismic oscillations in the analysis of the state of multi-storey buildings in several works by Russian and foreign authors are described. The objects were evaluated according to several dynamic characteristics, such as the frequency of natural oscillations, the logarithmic decrement of attenuation and the maximum displacement velocity of the structure at the measurement point. In order to scale the standard method of inspection of construction objects and the efficiency of the process, the authors proposed to reduce the duration of recording microseisms, instrumental support for the experimental part was implemented using a three-channel seismic signal recorder and a velosimeter of domestic design. The results of observations and measurements are compared with standard values, the values of dynamic characteristics for houses of various types are given and systematized