In the aftermath of the devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, collapsed buildings blocked rescue efforts and ...

If the “Big One” — the anticipated massive Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake — hit today, Oregonians west of the Cascades ...

Most people assume that surviving an earthquake is mostly a matter of luck. The ground shakes, buildings either hold or they don't, and you hope for the best. That view, while understandable, turns ...

Over the past two decades, Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes -- first in 2010 and again in 2021. Each disaster left behind widespread destruction: buildings reduced to ...

Health systems across the Bay Area are racing to rebuild, retrofit or replace aging hospitals before a 2030 state deadline that requires medical centers not just to survive a major earthquake, but to ...

Ensuring safety does not end with the issuance of a building permit. Buildings made under older seismic codes should be retrofitted. MANILA, Philippines – In less than four weeks, the Philippines saw ...

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Researchers hope to give building owners a number of different options at a variety of price points to retrofit their buildings and make them safer. Some of these options, like the shape-memory alloy ...

Bay Area firm introduces a new audit service to help individual homeowners and building owners learn whether their seismic retrofits provide real protectionSan Leandro, California--(Newsfile Corp. - ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Narek Ekmekjyan, vice president of Optimum Seismic, takes a look at the retrofit work done by the company at an apartment building ...

Following an 8.8 magnitude earthquake near Russia, Japan's earthquake preparedness shone through. Strict building codes, ...