Research on one of the world's largest earthquake simulators has made buildings, bridges, and other infrastructure more ...

A letter to my grandchildren: There are two of you now, although you’re both in diapers and haven’t yet learned how to read.

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UC San Diego is preparing to use its outdoor shake table in Scripps Ranch to determine whether 10-story buildings made of ...

A 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building will soon be put to the test on an earthquake simulator at the University of ...

To prepare for the Big One, California was counting on a $33 million grant to strengthen old apartment buildings.

A 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building will soon be put to the test on an earthquake simulator at the University of ...

ATHENS, May 22 (Reuters) - Emergency services were on high alert in Crete on Thursday after a 6.1 magnitude quake hit off the Greek island, causing tremors felt across Turkey and Israel.

The same was true of 11,000 out of the 48,000 units made uninhabitable in the Northridge quake. The California Residential Mitigation Program was counting on federal FEMA grants to fund retrofit ...

This January 2019 photo shows construction work for an earthquake retrofit. At left is a special cantilever column made out of steel that was added to give more structural support to the existing ...