Canterbury University has done a large scale test on the sort of steel frame and concrete multistories common in New Zealand.

The design of a building might have not anticipated this reduced foundation capacity, making it more vulnerable to damage even during moderate earthquakes. Conversely, structures already weakened by ...

The impact of an earthquake on people and property depends not only on the earthquake's characteristics like magnitude and ...

The live test showcased the capabilities of the College of Engineering's Civil Engineering Research and Education Center, where researchers subject full-scale structural components to extreme ...

Recent advances in earthquake engineering have increasingly focused on developing resilient and intelligent technologies to ...

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 ...