And if that movement is more than the buildings can tolerate, they could collapse. And that shaking is what we design for.” “We cannot design buildings to be earthquake-proof. We make them ...

“The houses affected by this earthquake are required to use earthquake-resistant ... of buildings, causing the concrete structures to collapse and roofs to cave in. Photos showed broken scraps ...

The images are chilling ... and that the reasons for building-specific failures may never be known because of the scale of the damage. They add that making each nation’s infrastructure more earthquake ...

This means that older buildings would have been particularly vulnerable. This is not unusual, as earthquake-resistant buildings can be more expensive to construct and Thailand, unlike Myanmar ...

Just from her initial observations of the damage, Faure Walker said the destroyed buildings she sees in pictures and video seem to lack basic earthquake-resistant structures, like reinforced ...

Thailand upgraded its earthquake-resistant building code ... operations at the site of the building collapse in Bangkok.Credit...Mailee Osten-Tan/Getty Images At the perimeter, the father of ...

“This earthquake occurred in an area with no earthquake-resistant buildings and inadequate building codes,” Carrera-Cevallos says. Although you cannot design a building to guarantee that it ...

Taiwan embarked on a campaign to retrofit and reinforce existing bridges and buildings to withstand more intensive seismic waves, while mandating strict adherence to earthquake-resistant building ...

Although the earthquake that shook New York City and the surrounding region on Friday didn’t cause systemic damage, it left many residents wondering how the city’s buildings would fare under ...

This means that older buildings would have been particularly vulnerable. This is not unusual, as earthquake-resistant buildings can be more expensive to construct and Thailand, unlike Myanmar ...