If you’ve ever seen footage of enormous buildings swaying uncontrollably during an earthquake or actually felt the Earth opening under your feet, you would know just how terrifying an earthquake can ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — As any good structural engineer knows, materials matter. Saturday at the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park, it was masking tape and hot glue. Ten teams from five elementary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Construction workers and vehicles move around the Capitol. Gov. Kotek’s order to earthquake-proof state buildings comes as the ...

Researchers have drawn inspiration from butterfly wings to create a lightweight lattice structure that ...

Seismologists, structural engineers, and developers aren’t always on the same page when it comes to quake-resistant building ...

Researchers at IIT Guwahati have developed a novel framework for creating earthquake-resistant 3D-printed concrete walls, promising a transformative impact on global construction practices, especially ...

Can a futuristic "green city" survive one of the most dangerous earthquake zones on Earth? Welcome to Asman, Kyrgyzstan’s $20 billion mega-project near the UNESCO-protected Lake Issyk-Kul. Designed to ...

Although the earthquake that shook New York City and the surrounding region on Friday didn’t cause systemic damage, it left many residents wondering how the city’s buildings would fare under stronger ...

Sergio Lopez spends his days inspecting buildings at risk of collapse in Mexico City following Tuesday's quake. Lopez is a structural engineer and he knows the ins and outs of earthquake-resistant ...

A deadly earthquake that reduced buildings to rubble in West Java, Indonesia has once again exposed the dangers of living in poorly built homes in one of the most seismically active zones on the ...