The tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator started moving slowly, swaying and twisting. The ...

Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world, given its location within the Pacific Ring of Fire, a 25,000-mile-long belt ... By comparison, the death toll for the 1989 Loma Prieta ...

In September 2000, J.’s own Alix Wall wrote about her fond memories of her six summers at Camp Swig in the early ’80s, five ...

San Francisco has assigned a seismic hazard score to hundreds of city-owned buildings. Some key ones, including a jury duty site, might fare badly in a big quake.

California's San Andreas Fault is capable of triggering a massive earthquake. Here's what to know about this famous location often associated with earthquakes.

In a groundbreaking experiment, engineers have tested the tallest steel-framed building ever placed on an earthquake ...

The earthquake shake table reproduced the effects of the Loma Prieta Earthquake that hit the San Francisco Bay Area in 1989. And it was also testing a recycled steel building material called cold ...

An independent panel is urging California lawmakers to create a new authority to oversee rebuilding after the firestorms in Pacific Palisades and Altadena.

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.

The fireball is presumed to be from a meteor fragmenting in the sky, according to meteorologists and other experts.

Several homes have been destroyed and several firefighters were injured in the fire near Los Lunas.

Post-earthquake fire events represent a significant cascading hazard that can compound the initial damage caused by seismic activity. Building on established performance‐based assessment ...