As communities face increasingly severe climate-related disasters, a shift to performance-based building codes is one of the ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A strong earthquake shook western Turkey on Monday, causing at least three buildings that were damaged in a previous tremor to collapse, officials said. There were no immediate ...

In the heart of Mandalay, Burma, a small cluster of bamboo houses has become a symbol of resilience. When a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar earlier this year, the ground around them ...

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 ...

Construction workers and vehicles move around the Capitol. The building's retrofitting project came before a recent study which found heightened risk of increasingly damaging earthquakes on the nation ...

Buildings and urban infrastructure are designed to withstand earthquakes and other natural disasters, based on data from previous events. But how do you design a building to get through the extreme ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 collapsed walls of houses and buildings late Tuesday in a central Philippine province, killing at least 31 people, injuring many ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Transportation leaders have uncovered more details on a project aiming to make Salem’s Center Street Bridge earthquake-ready. According to the Preliminary Finance Plan the ...

Q: I live where earthquakes are a worry. What can I do to keep things in my house from breaking? A: Earthquakes can and do occur in every U.S. state, although the greatest risk is along the West Coast ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order on Monday to ensure new state buildings larger than 10,000-square-feet are built to withstand a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. It’s unclear how ...