From Japan to Chile, countries show how early warnings, seismic design, and community response prevent disaster. Learn what ...

Japan’s skyscrapers are built to withstand some of the strongest earthquakes in the world, thanks to innovative engineering and seismic design. Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan is no ...

Architecture firm Foster + Partners hopes its masterplan for a revitalized Antakya, the Turkish city ravaged by earthquakes in 2023, can be a blueprint for climate resilience.

The Director of NIST should, in collaboration with FEMA, NSF, and USGS and in coordination with federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal governments and stakeholders, conduct a national risk ...

When it comes to tsunami preparedness, the biggest danger for Oregon's coastal towns may be time itself.If a local earthquake triggers a tsunami— like the long- ...

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported that no casualties occurred in Russia following the massive earthquake off Kamchatka. He attributed this to robust building structures and effective alert ...

Disaster waste from earthquakes and tsunamis can severely delay recovery in coastal communities, but existing predictive models often ignore how damaged transportation networks can hinder waste ...

David Mar, team leader at Mar Structural Design, visits Casa Adelante on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, a seismically resilient nine-story affordable housing project for low-income seniors that they ...

Look at similar-sized earthquakes in Japan and Haiti: In a country with limited building codes and little money to invest in resilience measures, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in 2010 became one of ...

$81M aqueduct resilience project aims to protect Utahns' water supply in event of earthquake By Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted - Oct. 2, 2024 at 4:59 p.m.