Seismic safety verification can be performed by maintaining constructive rules or by calculation. Verification by calculation can be performed with a linear simplified or linear multi‐modal response spectrum analysis. Alternatively, a non‐linear quasi‐static verification is also possible according to DIN EN 1998‐1, which was not available in DIN 4149. In this article, the non‐linear quasi‐static earthquake verification according to DIN EN 1998‐1 is presented in practice, using the example of a building in Mittenwald/Germany. The verification has been checked and accepted by an independent building supervision report.