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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Construction workers and vehicles move around the Capitol. Gov. Kotek’s order to earthquake-proof state buildings comes as the state Capitol nears the end of a years-long, $598 million seismic ...