Earthquakes of magnitude 8.5 and larger are rare beasts on our planet and only 17 have been recorded since the era of ...

Earthquakes don't just shake the ground, they can also shift rivers, damage stop banks and raise the risk of flooding for ...

It’s an exciting time in the world of civil engineering and construction. The advent of 3D printing technology has now made ...

MIT scientists have unraveled the hidden energy balance of earthquakes by recreating them in the lab. Their findings show that while only a sliver of energy goes into the shaking we feel on the ...

On August 31 at midnight, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Afghanistan's eastern Kunar Province near the Pakistan border.

The experiment, which will take place on 19 September, demonstrates the potential of high-performance computing ...

A few weeks later, smoke and flames fanned out the window of the building's ninth floor. The researchers had returned for fire testing to see how a building damaged by earthquakes would withstand a ...

Soil liquefaction can be a major threat to the infrastructure and built environments in an earthquake-prone area. This happens due to substantial loss of soil stiffness and strength due to applied ...

On March 28, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar, causing a horizontal shift along a fault line that extended ...

Now, scientists are studying this cataclysmic seismic event with the goal of devising new ways to reduce casualties in the ...