As well as being cheap, bamboo appears to have remarkable qualities of seismic resistance. Now it's being used to try to ...

A new laboratory earthquake model connects real contact area with earthquake dynamics, paving the way for improved prediction and early warning systems. Scientists have created a new laboratory model ...

In an effort to improve the design of structures to better withstand earthquakes, researchers at UCLA are developing testing and monitoring equipment that will serve as the 'eyes and ears' of a ...

The impact of an earthquake on people and property depends not only on the earthquake's characteristics like magnitude and ...

Canterbury University has done a large scale test on the sort of steel frame and concrete multistories common in New Zealand.

When a slab slides beneath an overriding plate in a subduction zone, the slab takes on a property called anisotropy, meaning ...

Volunteers could sit inside the trailer and feel the sensations that take place during a high-magnitude quake.