A full-scale earthquake test suggests a new generation of low-carbon timber-based buildings could remain usable after major ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some residents in California, Oregon and Washington were woken up early Thursday morning when they received an earthquake alert ...

Tara Hutchinson, a professor in the UC San Diego Department of Structural Engineering, is the lead researcher on a series of tests on a 10-story, cold-formed steel-framed building at the UC San Diego ...

Earthquakes are strong and sudden movements of the Earth's surface caused by shifts in the Earth's crust. They can change the shape of land, destroy buildings, and affect the lives of people in many ...