A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia at 06:48 local time on Thursday (22:48 BST on Wednesday) The quake, initially recorded at a magnitude of 7.8, hit in the Molucca Sea, near the centre of the archipelago,

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced in Dubai that current codes of practice around the world are inadequate for the seismic design of tall buildings and has called for a more rigorous design approach. While cities in Middle Eastern ...

Devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria saw an untold number of buildings collapse. Experts say a lack of building code adherence could be to blame.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — “We are creating our own earthquake,” Tara Hutchinson, a professor of structural engineering at UCSD said. UC San Diego’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center is home to the world’s largest shake table, which simulates ...

Engineers developed a low-cost steel ball damper that reduces vibration, helping protect buildings from earthquake damage and shaking.

USC wrote in a statement to the Daily Trojan, that it had retrofitted Mudd Hall, Webb Tower, Phillips Hall and the Dramatic Arts Building since 2003. However, it acknowledged not all buildings were in line with present guidelines. (Brittany Shaw / Daily ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Researchers at UC San Diego on Monday put a 10-story, cold-formed steel ...