How engineering can improve the chances of survival from an earthquake. Awareness of the hazards caused by earthquakes is probably higher in California than anywhere else in the world. Many buildings ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency alerted citizens about a possible 'megaquake' over 8 in magnitude within the next 70 years, causing the Prime Minister to cancel his Asia trip. Japan employs advanced ...

Coimbatore: The Centre for Climate Change and Disaster Management (CCCDM) at Anna University, Chennai, organized a capacity building programme on earthquake-resistant structures for corporation ...

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the College of Engineering, Qatar University (QU), organised the first competition of its kind for 'Earthquake-Resistant Structures.' The ...

Myanmar-based architecture studio Blue Temple has teamed up with construction company Housing Now to build a series of ...

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 ...

Engineers at a Scottish university have designed a 'sacrificial device' for buildings that will absorb the impact of earthquakes or blasts. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Learn about what makes buildings and structures withstand earthquakes with marshmallows and spaghetti. Every Monday, Kern County STEM educators and enthusiasts share ideas ...

GEORGE TOWN: Only two structures in Penang are designed to withstand earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale and within 300 km of the epicentre. Ong Ah Teong (PH - Batu Lanchang) ...