Of the 7,291 buildings targeted, 4,110 are at risk of collapsing in an earthquake with an intensity of upper 6 or higher. The other 3,181 are now quake-proof as they have undergone seismic ...

In developed countries such as the USA, constructing earthquake-proof buildings such as the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco which sways with the movement of the earth, has helped to reduce ...

I learned about the risk of “soft story” buildings on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1989. On that day, coastal Northern California was struck by the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake.

In developed countries such as the USA, constructing earthquake-proof buildings such as the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco which sways with the movement of the earth, has helped to reduce ...