The structural safety of the buildings we live and work in is not something that many of us think about. In the event of an earthquake, how protected are you, your family, and your belongings from the ...

Earth can be full of extremes. But today, there is only one extreme. Non-stop earthquakes that last an entire year. What ...

Engineers developed a low-cost steel ball damper that reduces vibration, helping protect buildings from earthquake damage and ...

There’s a small silver tent in an engineering lab at Portland State University — the heavy-duty type that you can walk into.

Devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria saw an untold number of buildings collapse. Experts say a lack of building code ...

Earthquakes occur without warning and may be so violent that you cannot run or crawl. It may not be advisable, or even possible, to evacuate yourself from a building until the initial quake stops. In ...

Ramla Karim Qureshi receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). McMaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA.

There's an 85% chance that a damaging earthquake could hit Seattle in the next 50 years. Old brick buildings are most at risk, but retrofitting them could mean a loss of affordable housing. Up and ...