An new innovative building design reduces the impact of earthquakes by absorbing energy and protecting structures from severe ...

The Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects won the competition to design the New Central Library in Christchurch, New Zealand, which will replace the old building damaged by devastating ...

Christ Church Cathedral in December 2012 about a year after the back-to-back earthquakes. A couple of train box cars can be seen on the far right. They were used throughout Christchurch to help shore ...

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Duke faculty and students are working with colleagues in Nepal to give the country more warning before deadly earthquakes ...

THE Philippines sits along the Pacific Ring of Fire — the belt of tectonic activity around the Pacific Ocean where more than 75 percent of the world’s volcanoes and 90 percent of earthquakes occur.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The University of Arkansas-College of Engineering recently showcased a groundbreaking full-scale steel beam test designed to withstand simulated earthquake forces. Micah ...

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 ...

Mexico sits on one of the most seismically restless patches of Earth. Squeezed between the Cocos, Pacific, and North American tectonic plates, the country experiences hundreds of measurable tremors ...

Earthquakes are becoming increasingly common in some parts of the U.S. where they previously were a rarity. Consequently, people who have never been exposed to them or ever had to think about ...