While the Ferry Building survived the 1906 earthquake, a previously unreported engineering analysis shows the risks to the building, plaza and the iconic clock tower in San Francisco.

Earthquakes can cause serious damage to buildings, but this new invention has the potential to mitigate some of that damage ...

Civil engineering professor Moussa Leblouba from the University of Sharjah in the UAE has developed a simple device designed to reduce earthquake damage.

There’s a small silver tent in an engineering lab at Portland State University — the heavy-duty type that you can walk into. “This is what I call the magic tent, where all the chemistry and all the ...

An earthquake can begin without warning. One moment you are at home, the next a loud crash echoes through the room as dishes ...

Zig-zagging around the glass-and-steel perimeter of the UC Berkeley Grimes Engineering Center, 36 thin metal rods could be what it takes to prevent the building’s total destruction. The rods are the ...

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 ...

An April 29 meeting of the Citizens Bond Accountability Committee provides the most explicit insight into the district’s ...

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

Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour Wednesday, damaging ...

At least two people have died following a 5.2 magnitude earthquake in China's Guangxi region - thousands of people were ...