A new study warns of a potential 1,000-foot mega-tsunami striking the U.S. West Coast within 50 years. Triggered by a major ...

A 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building will soon be put to the test on an earthquake simulator at the University of California San Diego to see how well it can withstand earthquakes. The UC San ...

California has dozens of earthquakes every day. Most are below 3.0 magnitude, so small that they aren’t felt.

The recent news that North America and Hawaii are facing a ticking time bomb is disconcerting. Scientists are warning that ...

The funding loss has the city of San Jose delaying new rules requiring retrofits to certain wood-frame apartment buildings that would be vulnerable in an earthquake.