BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Learn about what makes buildings and structures withstand earthquakes with marshmallows and spaghetti. Every Monday, Kern County STEM educators and enthusiasts share ideas ...

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 ...

Investigators have found that a product called cellular concrete may be an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional concrete for constructing earthquake-resistant buildings. In research ...

The patent document describes the invention as unique since it merely relies on containers filled with sand or other granular material to protect a building’s structure from damage or failure during ...

Rejoice Christian Schools’ sixth-grade students learned about earthquakes in their science classes during the first quarter of the semester. The study included a hands-on experiment comprised of basic ...

Our planet is covered by tectonic plates that are slowly moving around, pushing into or sliding past one another along boundaries called faults. Friction sometimes causes two of these plates to get ...

Turkish families got wealthy off a construction system rife with patronage. A Times investigation reveals just how fatally shaky that system was. The collapsed Guclu Bahce complex in Antakya, Turkey, ...

Withdrawal of India's new earthquake map raises concerns about overestimated seismic risks and impacts on infrastructure in the Himalayas.

Twenty-five years ago on the morning of 26 January 2001, Gujarat was rocked by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, its intensity touching “extreme” on the Mercalli intensity scale. With the epicentre near ...

Scenes of buildings reduced to rubble were beamed around the world this week following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Ishikawa prefecture on Japan’s western coast on Monday. The full extent of ...