A powerful earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Alaska’s Old Harbor region, triggering panic among residents ...

Long-time Roma Norte resident María Meléndez shares her views on Mexico City's anti-gentrification protest, and what's really behind the movement.

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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 ...

Calling it an exercise in imagination, seismologist Carl Tape stopped at the site of Dome City and the former townsite of ...

This year’s 100th anniversary of the Santa Barbara earthquake has brought to my mind the two devastating quakes that struck ...

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

STORY: :: Researchers use an earthquake simulator to test the structural integrity of a 10-storey building in California:: The tests include re-enactments of a 6.9 magnitude tremor on light, high ...

UC San Diego researchers are running an earthquake test. This team is testing out a 10-story building in two simulations, using California earthquakes as reference.