SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A structural engineer says most modern buildings are built to rigorous standards that help protect them during an earthquake and explains vulnerabilities certain structures have ...

Over the past two decades, Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes -- first in 2010 and again in 2021. Each disaster left behind widespread destruction: buildings reduced to ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – A 4.8-magnitude earthquake that shook New York City in April displayed “peculiar behavior” that raises questions about the potential threat of future earthquakes in the region, ...

Researchers measured the natural vibrations at 37 locations inside and around the Pyramid of Giza to assess its behavior in an earthquake.

Modern stressors can still trigger tremors and quakes in dormant faults Earthquakes can be felt further from their epicenter on the East Coast than out west due to the crust being older and more ...

The fault beneath Istanbul doesn’t behave the way scientists once thought. New research from USC shows that variations in underground temperature and sediment thickness segment the Main Marmara Fault ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed an executive order on Monday aiming to help the state prepare for earthquakes. Executive Order 25-22 directs Oregon’s Department of ...

As visitors head into downtown Vancouver through the city’s False Creek Flats neighborhood, the first thing they’ll see is the Hive: a 10-story office building built out of wood and shaped like a ...