San Francisco has assigned a seismic hazard score to hundreds of city-owned buildings. Some key ones, including a jury duty ...

The city’s building codes were amended in 1995 to ensure that new construction or any significant upgrades are designed to make buildings earthquake-resistant and minimize the probability of ...

Scientists at the University of Bristol have conducted the world’s first full-scale shake test on 3D-printed homes to assess ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

UTSA wins funding to develop new technology for earthquake resistant buildings Rescuers help victims after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico City on Sept. 19, 2017. (August 7, 2019) -- More ...

Compare traditional and modern building technologies from different countries, and research how different types of construction respond to different scales of earthquake.

Earthquake-resistant structures are designed to protect buildings from collapse and can work in two ways: by making buildings stronger, or by making them more flexible, ...

After the 1925 earthquake devastated Santa Barbara and a portion of State Street, the survivors were left with the decision ...

The building began convulsing at 4:17 a.m. Firat Yayla was awake in bed, scrolling through videos on his phone. ... Guclu Bahce, the mighty earthquake-proof complex, was among them.

“We've got our earthquake plans, we do earthquake drills, but it's not something that's on the forefront of my mind here.” While he said they do secure tall objects, the district’s structures aren’t ...