The primary goal of the tests is to determine if height limits for cold-formed steel-framed buildings can be increased.

A guide to navigating insurance companies, government agencies, and legal issues if you lose your home after a disaster.

Are our houses safe?’ Many residents of Delhi-NCR wondered after a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck the region on Thursday morning (July 10). The nation’s capital and its surrounding region are a ...

Structural safety experts caution that the ‘earthquake-resistant’ label usually means the building meets basic norms, not ...

Japan has approved a new disaster preparedness plan to mitigate the impact of a potential Nankai Trough megaquake, which ...

San Francisco has assigned a seismic hazard score to hundreds of city-owned buildings. Some key ones, including a jury duty site, might fare badly in a big quake.

Mobile homes are surging in popularity thanks to their affordability, but buyers might be surprised by how much insurance can ...

Apparently HB3054 in the Oregon Legislature has not yet been voted in or out. A lot of Brookings people submitted good ...

The UC San Diego shake table, located on an industrial lot off Pomerado Road, is the only outdoor facility of its kind in the world and the only simulator capable of testing a building of that height.

Children run and play in the sandy areas of Lomo de Corvina, while adults walk hurriedly to fulfill their daily duties. Probably very few of them are aware that this human settlement in Villa El ...