The 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake caused major damage to buildings along State Street. Credit: Gledhill Library / Santa Barbara Historical Museum photo After the 1925 earthquake devastated Santa ...
Canadian engineers have designed a new structural system that could significantly enhance the ability of high-rise buildings to withstand powerful earthquakes, ensuring not only the survival of the ...
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — “We are creating our own earthquake,” Tara Hutchinson, a professor of structural engineering at UCSD said. UC San Diego’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center is home to ...
More than two years after the 2023 earthquake tore through western Nepal, thousands of families are still waiting to return ...
Collapsing buildings are the biggest cause of death during earthquakes. How should buildings they be constructed to prevent deaths and injuries? The primary cause of death in an earthquake is not the ...
The work of the Hunnarshala Foundation following the Kutch earthquake demonstrated how traditional, vernacular building practices could be combined with seismic‐resistant techniques, reducing costs ...