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.

Built in the heart of Cal’s campus in the Berkeley Hills overlooking San Francisco Bay — an area prone to seismic activity — ...

Your Wednesday headlinesAn earthquake was reported Wednesday morning near Charleston, South Carolina.According to the United ...

Japan’s skyscrapers are built to withstand some of the strongest earthquakes in the world, thanks to innovative engineering and seismic design. Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan is no ...

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

A historical photograph showing the 1200 block of State Street, with the still-standing Granada Theatre, after the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake, and a current photo of the same block, 100 years ...

Are our houses safe?’ Many residents of Delhi-NCR wondered after a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck the region on Thursday morning (July 10). The nation’s capital and its surrounding region are a ...

School principal Yoshiro Tobo is one of the few people left on his remote Japanese island, where the earth is constantly ...

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