The Satya Niketan building collapse that killed seven people has renewed scrutiny of Delhi's structural safety. The incident ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck south-western Japan on Tuesday, collapsing part of a shopping mall, bringing down a historic ...

It is a mechanical device that can absorb part of the energy released by earthquakes and reduce the impact on buildings and ...

In earthquake-prone regions, a large number of buildings are already standing and may not meet newer earthquake-resistant standards.

In the aftermath of the earthquakes that hit Venezuela last week, FIU civil engineering professor Atorod Azizinamini explains how engineers design buildings to survive earthquakes, why some buildings ...

Video captures a building crumbling in a scene compared to 9/11 as the 7.4 Colombia earthquake kills at least 22 and traps others in rubble.

In computer simulations of the Big One—a large-magnitude earthquake that may occur along the San Andreas Fault in ...

The state has only one of at least 15 vertical evacuation structures needed to prepare the coast, officials say.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck south-western Japan on Tuesday, collapsing part of a shopping mall, bringing down a historic shrine, and killing at least 18 people. The toll is expected to rise as ...

It depends on the height of the buildings. It's not the just the strength. You have to make sure that the building is able to sway because during the earthquake, basically the ground is shaking. It ...