A new analysis of earthquake rupture directivity provides essential insights for seismic hazard and risk assessments in urban ...

Extreme engineering in earthquake zones and volatile climates represents the pinnacle of structural innovation, where buildings must withstand both seismic forces and extreme weather conditions. These ...

Cal Fire’s updated maps will add 1.4 million acres to zones requiring stricter fire safety regulations, including parts of San Joaquin County around Tracy and Mountain House. The new maps ...

Five days later, on February 23, an earthquake hit Himachal's Mandi district. India is divided into different seismic zones based on the frequency and potential damage caused by earthquakes. These ...

COCHRAN, Ga. — It's not everyday we get an earthquake in Central Georgia. If you live near Bleckley County, you may have felt a little shaking last night around 6:00 p.m. A 2.4 magnitude ...

A study looking at a small region in Japan has shown that the properties of fault zone rocks really matter for the generation of earthquakes. Earthquakes occur along fault lines between ...

Haiti’s tragedy is almost certain to be surpassed sometime this century when a major quake hits Karachi, Pakistan, Katmandu, Nepal, Lima, Peru, or one of a long list of big poor cities facing ...

Delhi Earthquake: Following the tremors of a 4.0 magnitude Earthquake that shook Delhi on Monday, a video claiming to show the earthquake's aftermath in the NCR region went viral on social media.

Despite advanced technologies in modern construction, experts caution that claims of earthquake resistance can be misleading. For example, terms like “designed to Zone 5 or Zone 4 standards” should ...

Architects in earthquake zones are increasingly using base isolation, which involves putting buildings on huge flexible pads that can reduce violent shaking by up to 75%. “It’s much more ...