An new innovative building design reduces the impact of earthquakes by absorbing energy and protecting structures from severe ...

The Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects won the competition to design the New Central Library in Christchurch, New Zealand, which will replace the old building damaged by devastating ...

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Christ Church Cathedral in December 2012 about a year after the back-to-back earthquakes. A couple of train box cars can be seen on the far right. They were used throughout Christchurch to help shore ...

THE Philippines sits along the Pacific Ring of Fire — the belt of tectonic activity around the Pacific Ocean where more than 75 percent of the world’s volcanoes and 90 percent of earthquakes occur.

Duke faculty and students are working with colleagues in Nepal to give the country more warning before deadly earthquakes ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The University of Arkansas-College of Engineering recently showcased a groundbreaking full-scale steel beam test designed to withstand simulated earthquake forces. Micah ...

Research at Case Western Reserve University has found that buildings that rock during an earthquake and return to plumb would withstand seismic shaking better than structural designs commonly used ...

On December 21, 1954, Mrs. Hess was in her home in Pepperwood when the ground began to shake. She fled outside and upon reaching the porch, the shaking became stronger and threw her down the steps ...