The after-shocks of the Kahramanmaras earthquake in Turkey and closer-to-home disasters such as the Joshimath crisis have made a global impact, compelling us to look closer into available engineering ...

MANILA, Philippines - In media and casual conversations, the terms “magnitude†and “intensity†are often interchanged whenever the severity of a quake is discussed. Thus, to help Filipinos start ...

One of the ways of building an earthquake resistant house is by floating the structure on top of the foundation. Natural disasters can sometimes defy even the best laid plans but it is wise to always ...

Recent earthquake damage has exposed the vulnerability of existing structures to strong ground movement. Researchers are now analyzing shape-memory alloys for their potential use in constructing ...

The developer of 181 Fremont, a 70-story residential and office tower being built in San Francisco, claims this will be the most earthquake-resistant building on the West Coast when it is completed in ...

Ajay Sharma, an IT professional, finally found his dream house. It met the requirements of his family, the location was perfect and the biggest of it all—it was within his budget, thanks to the ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi have developed low-cost, super-elastic, buckling-restrained braces to enhance the earthquake resistance in constructed structures.

Already, journalists have begun pointing out what one might call the "design angle" on the Japan earthquake story: as The New York Times put it in an article titled "Japan's Strict Building Codes ...