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 ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes a bill that would have given hospitals more time to complete their required seismic retrofits. Updates: The new Friese Building at Providence-Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical ...
A 6.5‑magnitude earthquake shook Mexico City, causing tall buildings and the iconic Angel of Independence to sway visibly as residents evacuated.
Just a few weeks after construction was completed on the 190+ meter Torre Titanium La Portada, Chile’s tallest building at the time, the country was hit by a powerful earthquake that caused ...
The owners of about 4,000 buildings across San Francisco will soon be on the hook to double check that the structures are seismically sound. Following years of warnings that San Francisco’s older ...
An earthquake rattled northern Taiwan on Saturday, but damage appears minimal in the capital, Taipei. As Nikkei Asia notes, ...
A new government estimate from Japan has projected that a "capital direct-under earthquake" of magnitude 7 or higher in Tokyo could result in 18,000 deaths. A "capital direct-under earthquake" occurs ...
LASSEN COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 4.7 magnitude quake occurred near Susanville Sunday afternoon.