Devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria saw an untold number of buildings collapse. Experts say a lack of building code ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- On a clear, warm September day, up on the 62nd floor of Salesforce Tower, which is the highest you can go in an elevator from the ground floor of the building, the 360 degree ...

Portland State University scientists are developing a soil treatment, using microbes, to combat soil liquefaction.

Engineers developed a low-cost steel ball damper that reduces vibration, helping protect buildings from earthquake damage and ...

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCIV) — In the Lowcountry we see afternoon storms, hurricanes, and even earthquakes. It’s been more than a hundred years since Summerville has seen a devastating earthquake, but ...

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SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — “We are creating our own earthquake,” Tara Hutchinson, a professor of structural engineering at UCSD said. UC San Diego’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center is home to ...

Seattle’s unreinforced brick buildings are a disaster waiting to happen — and the cash to fix them isn’t there. It's been almost 25 years since the Nisqually earthquake. That's the last significant ...

Public utility services were today slowly being restored in Luganville, according to a provincial disaster officer, Kensly ...