CNN

Indonesia needs earthquake-proof houses. Building them is a huge challenge

A deadly earthquake that reduced buildings to rubble in West Java, Indonesia has once again exposed the dangers of living in poorly built homes in one of the most seismically active zones on the ...
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Earthquake Safety in Delhi NCR: How safe are our buildings? Are we ignoring the warning signs?

Real Estate News, Earthquake in Delhi NCR: In light of the recent 4.0 magnitude earthquake in Delhi NCR, discussions have ...
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Delhi earthquake: How NCR residents can check if high-rise buildings are safe from tremors

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck Delhi early this morning, causing panic among residents. Those living in high-rise buildings, particularly in Noida and Ghaziabad, were alarmed, with many fearing for ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Student Team Designs Earthquake Resistant Buildings for Competition,Wins Third Prize

If you’ve ever seen footage of enormous buildings swaying uncontrollably during an earthquake or actually felt the Earth opening under your feet, you would know just how terrifying an earthquake can ...
NPR

Taiwan emerges remarkably unscathed after massive earthquake

HUALIEN CITY, Taiwan – A massive, 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit Taiwan Wednesday morning sent bridges swaying and buried mountainous roads in landslides. "The road below my feet suddenly turned ...
Time

Thousands of Buildings Collapsed in Turkey. Devastation Was Preventable, Experts Say

In Turkey—a country nestled between several plate boundaries and located directly on two main fault zones, the East Anatolian and the North Anatolian—earthquakes are a fact of life. The 7.8 and 7.5 ...
The Washington Post

USGS engineer works to make buildings more earthquake resistant

For Nicolas Luco, earthquakes are literally a family business. The son of an earthquake engineer, the 38-year old Luco earned a Ph.D. in civil engineering and now works at the U.S. Geological Survey ...
CNN

How Japan spent more than a century earthquake-proofing its architecture

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 ...
Digital Journal

Do earthquake hazard maps really predict future building damage?

The magnitude-7.5 earthquake and its aftershocks devastated parts of Ishikawa prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast - Copyright AFP Toshifumi KITAMURA The magnitude-7. ...
Medicine Buffalo

How engineering earthquake-proof buildings could save lives

An article on Futurism about how engineering earthquake-proof buildings could have saved lives in the Sept. 20 earthquake in Mexico City interviews Andrew Whittaker, professor of civil, structural and ...
EurekAlert!

Is cellular concrete a viable low-carbon alternative to traditional concrete for earthquake-resistant structures?

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 ...