In February, UCSF reopened its 88-year-old Clinical Sciences Building after renovating it to meet current seismic safety requirements and modernizing spaces to better support teaching and research.

To make sure buildings and infrastructure are increasingly earthquake-safe, engineers must understand how seismic activity affects different structures. A new era in large-scale earthquake engineering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Turkey's Adana Hospital survived February 2023 earthquakes with no damage because of its seismic isolation system. Earthquake ...

On December 21, 1954, Mrs. Hess was in her home in Pepperwood when the ground began to shake. She fled outside and upon reaching the porch, the shaking became stronger and threw her down the steps ...

SEATTLE — University of Washington researchers are in San Diego conducting earthquake tests with the tallest building ever on a shake table. This project pushes for widespread use of laminated wood in ...

During an earthquake, soil can weaken through subsidence and liquefaction. These processes can cause buildings to collapse as the soil becomes unable to support their weight. Researchers have now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan has taken steps to make its buildings more resilient to seismic activity. Strategic planning, updating building codes, and a ...

In this Jan. 17, 1994 file photo, a Los Angeles police officer stands in front of the Northridge Meadows Apartment building, after the upper floors of the structure collapsed onto the open garages and ...

John van de Lindt receives funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to co-lead the development of IN-CORE mentioned in the article. Herat, in western Afghanistan, experienced a ...

The Feb. 6, 2023, earthquakes in Turkey and Syria damaged over 100,000 buildings, caused more than 10,000 collapses and killed more than 50,000 people. These earthquakes also put to the test advanced ...

Prone to major earthquakes that trigger fires and tsunamis, Japan has become a world leader in building disaster-resilient communities. Three experts in public policy and urban development told ...