uses a fascinating piece of engineering called a tuned mass damper—a giant, 660-ton steel pendulum that plays a crucial role in keeping the building stable against strong winds and earthquakes.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s David Geffen Galleries provides a seismically sound, LA-inspired home for its ...

A minor earthquake, measuring 2.7 on the Richter scale, shook Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday morning, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The tremors were felt at 8:44 AM IST ...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A 2.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded early Tuesday morning near Mount Vernon. The shakes were recorded around 1:59 a.m. Tuesday about 3 kilometers west of Mount Vernon ...

Several earthquakes with epicenters beneath the ocean surface rattled the Northern California coastline early Monday. The quakes occurred off the shore of Humboldt County and were all located ...

California has dozens of earthquakes every day. Most are below 3.0 magnitude, so small that they aren’t felt. But a few, like the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, are massive, capable of ...

No tsunami threat, no major damages or injuries resulted from a preliminary magnitude 5.9 earthquake that jolted Guam at 11:34 p.m. Wednesday. This is based on information from the U.S. Geological ...

A preliminary 3.2 magnitude earthquake struck in Concord Friday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake hit at 12:11 p.m., the USGS said. Some viewers who felt the ...

ROSMAN, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said an earthquake was reported in Transylvania County on Friday. According to the USGS, the 2.4 magnitude earthquake had a ...

When an earthquake creates sound waves that travel upward through the atmosphere, the upper parts of the waves move faster than the lower parts. This makes the wave front lean or tilt as it moves.