Earthquake

In June 2018 a stadium full of partisan soccer fans jumping with excitement as their team scored a surprise World Cup victory over Germany in Mexico City registered as an earthquake. Find out why.

The notion that 10% of high-rise structures in San Francisco could collapse during a major earthquake has unsurprisingly gotten a great deal of attention. Is it true?

Although California had experienced major earthquakes prior to the January 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake, none had as lasting an effect on California's earthquake insurance industry

On November 30, 2018, an Mw7 earthquake shook Anchorage, Alaska, but the level of structural damage was relativity minor considering the magnitude of the event.

Geoscience Australia has updated the National Seismic Hazard Map challenging established conceptions of Australia’s seismic hazard and generally decreasing seismic hazard factors significantly.

The catastrophic earthquake expected to strike the San Andreas Fault is not the only major earthquake California needs to prepare for.

Indonesia is one of the most seismically active countries in the world. Learn how scientists knew the September 2018 Palu earthquake would be disastrous.

Earlier this year an article in The New York Times speculated about the “high” probability of steel high-rise buildings in San Francisco built before the 1994 Northridge earthquake collapsing in a future quake.

Earlier this year The New York Times published three articles regarding the seismic hazard and safety concerns for tall buildings, particularly those in San Francisco, which stimulated discussion both in the public domain and in the engineering community.

In communities and countries around the world government officials and other decision-makers with limited resources are called upon to make investments in the safety and welfare of their constituents.