This is the aftermath of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Mindanao: a school building collapsed, a commercial establishment crumbled, and debris fell from several structures. The General ...

The imperative for such innovation in that field is massive. For instance, despite lasting only 20 seconds, the 1995 earthquake that struck Kobe, Japan destroyed 100,000 buildings, and the 2011 ...

This week's magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Philippines came with scenes familiar to New Zealanders: collapsed buildings, shattered facades and streets strewn with rubble.

When earthquakes occur, it is the older buildings that often collapse first because they are not engineered to resist powerful earthquake forces. Those newer buildings, however, that look structurally ...

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More than 80 New York City buildings were inspected in the hours following the magnitude-4.8 earthquake that rippled through the five boroughs — followed by about 30 aftershocks through Saturday ...

CHINA has been rocked by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake – killing at least two and reducing several buildings to rubble. The ...