Japan's National Diet Building, which marks 90 years since its completion in 2026, will undergo large scale renovation work ...

To make sure buildings and infrastructure are increasingly earthquake-safe, engineers must understand how seismic activity affects different structures. A new era in large-scale earthquake engineering ...

SEATTLE — University of Washington researchers are in San Diego conducting earthquake tests with the tallest building ever on a shake table. This project pushes for widespread use of laminated wood in ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck New Jersey and rattled New York City Friday morning. As of the afternoon, no buildings have been deemed unsafe in New York City, according to the ...

An earthquake rattled northern Taiwan on Saturday, but damage appears minimal in the capital, Taipei. As Nikkei Asia notes, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Savannah Tucker was working her shift at Drip in Five Points when she felt an earthquake around 2:45 Wednesday afternoon. "All of the buildings in Five Points like Drip are pretty old ...

NEW YORK -- Even before Friday's earthquake, many families were concerned about New York City's aging structures, and right now, inspectors are checking construction sites and responding to complaints ...

An earthquake in central Myanmar just unearthed an ancient structure that may be part of a royal “water palace,” experts say. Previously, only a staircase was visible. Now, after the earthquake, a ...

Earthquakes create ripple effects in Earth's upper atmosphere that can disrupt satellite communications and navigation systems we rely on. Scientists have now used Japan's extensive network of Global ...

A deep earthquake in Chile surprised scientists by using heat to grow stronger far underground and cause serious surface ...