Levi's Stadium is built 'like a shock absorber.' ...

The 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake near San Francisco in 1989 caused about $6.8 billion in damage and 63 deaths. J.K. Nakata/U.S. Geological Survey Earthquakes and the damage they cause are ...

In the Pacific Northwest, big faults like the Cascadian subduction zone located offshore, get a lot of attention. But big faults aren't the only ones that pose significant hazards, and a new study ...

A 3.5 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Utah Thursday, the second felt in two weeks. The tremors come as experts remap the ...

A research team studied earthquake hazard maps from five countries and found that all the maps seemed to overpredict the historically observed earthquake shaking intensities. In analyzing the possible ...

Here's the Sneaky New Trick Thieves Are Using to Break into Locked Cars—Yours Could Be at Risk If You Don't Do This When an earthquake hits, you have only seconds to act. And if you don’t know exactly ...

The assessment of tsunami and earthquake hazards is a multifaceted discipline that integrates geological observations, advanced numerical modelling and modern data‐analytics techniques. Recent ...

Seismic activity is highly complex, and even with advanced data analytics tools there are still many unknown factors in seismic design ...

A new study by Northwestern University researchers and coworkers explains a puzzling problem with maps of future earthquake shaking used to design earthquake-resistant buildings. The research was ...

A new study by Northwestern University researchers and coworkers explains a puzzling problem with maps of future earthquake shaking used to design earthquake-resistant buildings. Although ...