Recent earthquakes such as the 7.9 magnitude 2008 Sichuan Earthquake and the 7.6 magnitude 2005 Kashmir Earthquake demonstrate that many communities do not have earthquake-resistant schools.

The earliest scientists first observed the waves that earthquakes produce before they could accurately describe the nature of earthquakes or their fundamental causes, as discussed in Lessons 1–5.

Lessons from a disaster: Binod Tiwari, a geo-technical engineer from Cal State Fullerton, examines a building damaged by the April 25 earthquake in Nepal. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS/Molly ...

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That's how the bridge survived, and for helping more than 10,000 people to evacuate, it's now known as the "Helpful Bridge." Bridges and city structures are less likely to collapse and burn now ...

A science teacher at Half Hollow Hills High School East in Dix Hills was mid-lesson about earthquakes when a 4.8-magnitude earthquake started shaking her classroom.

Mountains of rubble and twisted metal. Death on an unimaginable scale. Grief. Rage. Relief at having survived. What's left behind after a natural disaster so powerful that it rends the foundations ...

As with any rare event, people can’t help but keep talking about the 5.0 magnitude earthquake that hit early afternoon Wednesday. It only lasted a few seconds, but the tremors that rocked our city and ...

The devastating earthquake that flattened many communities in the Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1 has highlighted many challenges for nuclear disaster prevention as well. Electric utilities, the national ...