If you’ve ever seen footage of enormous buildings swaying uncontrollably during an earthquake or actually felt the Earth opening under your feet, you would know just how terrifying an earthquake can ...

Here’s how structural engineers assess if a building should be declared safe or unsafe for use after an earthquake – and what you can learn from them ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — As any good structural engineer knows, materials matter. Saturday at the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park, it was masking tape and hot glue. Ten teams from five elementary ...

MOSCOW, 29 July (BelTA - TV BRICS) - Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has introduced a new earthquake-resistant building design featuring state-of-the-art damping ...

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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — On March 28, a magnitude (M) 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar, causing a horizontal shift along a fault line that extended over 400 kilometers from north to south. Said to be ...

THE magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Cebu destroyed about 500 classrooms and caused an estimated P4 billion in damage, throwing a ...

Most of the high-rise structures in the National Capital Region, like condominiums and office buildings, are "generally safe" ...

Several factors mitigated the destructive power of that earthquake. It struck offshore deep down about 21 miles underground. It was centered about 70 miles from the nearest city, Concepcion. By ...

The images are chilling. One building collapses and the neighboring building, which looks similar, remains standing. It’s a scene that unfolded in numerous videos captured during the 7.8 magnitude ...