If you’ve ever seen footage of enormous buildings swaying uncontrollably during an earthquake or actually felt the Earth opening under your feet, you would know just how terrifying an earthquake can ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — As any good structural engineer knows, materials matter. Saturday at the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park, it was masking tape and hot glue. Ten teams from five elementary ...

MOSCOW, 29 July (BelTA - TV BRICS) - Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has introduced a new earthquake-resistant building design featuring state-of-the-art damping ...

(CNN) — Scenes of buildings reduced to rubble were beamed around the world this week following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Ishikawa prefecture on Japan’s western coast on Monday. The full ...

The number one cause of earthquake deaths is the collapse of structures. The key to reducing earthquake casualties is making sure buildings protect life. There is nothing more fundamental to the ...

Nathan Hoover, a historian and tour guide, stands next to the 95-year-old Burnside Bridge and looks up at the rivets and trusses that keep it standing. He’s explaining how the two concrete bascule ...

In the span of nine hours on Feb. 6, 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes hit southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, killing tens of thousands and flattening some newer buildings that were supposedly ...

ANASTYLOSIS: Decorated resting platform (pati) in Kathmandu being rebuilt using traditional materials and methods. Photos: SHEILIN TEO After the April 2015 earthquake, the National Reconstruction ...

Since 1989, Deputy Police Chief Tim Doubt has solved crimes from Salt Lake City’s public safety building at the intersection of East and South streets. Built in 1958, the structure is the current home ...

When a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, tsunami warnings echoed across parts of Japan, the US, and Russia. While fear and panic loomed in some regions, Japan ...

Veronica Cedillos and Gerardo Suarez debunk 13 myths about earthquakes and earthquake safety. They explain why doorways aren't safe, and why the "Triangle of Life" is actually dangerous. They also ...

(CBS) -- The Be Like Brit Foundation orphanage in Haiti that was built as a tribute to Britney Gengel, a Massachusetts college student who died in 2010 while on a service trip to the country, is still ...