The outdoor location is crucial for tests like these: The UC San Diego shake table is the only place in the world where ...

New global stress map reveals areas where the Earth's crust is on the verge of collapse, doubling the data and changing earthquake management ...

Earthquakes are some of nature’s most destructive forces, but what if we could better predict where they might strike? A new ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Members of the news media are invited to the University at Buffalo on Thursday, Dec. 21, for earthquake tests that could help lead to millions of buildings nationwide being safer from ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Members of the news media are invited to the University at Buffalo North Campus on Friday, June 7, for a series of earthquake tests. Researchers will use a shake table – a large ...

Structural engineers at UC San Diego were waiting to see how a tall building, made from recycled steel, would react in a 6.9 magnitude earthquake. The earthquake shake table was ready to go as the ...

"Three, two, one!” The tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator started moving slowly, swaying and twisting. The 10-story, 100-foot structure was experiencing simulations ...

Mehdi "Saiid" Saiidi held the third in a series of three bridge shake table tests Oct. 5. The high amplitude tests determine if the bridge model is durable enough to withstand powerful earthquakes.

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Some 230 million people in the United States face the potential of damaging earthquakes in 100 years, according to the latest U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model, or NSHM. That’s about 40 million more ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Multnomah County’s Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Project is moving into its next phase after receiving federal approval on Friday. After reviewing the project’s ...