PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Despite the ever-looming threat of a major earthquake hitting the Cascadia Subduction Zone, efforts to reinforce Portland’s Burnside Bridge have been delayed. Multnomah County ...

Research conducted by Civil Engineering Professor Keri Ryan and her team last May is advancing the relatively new field of non-structural earthquake engineering. The team’s work was part of a ...

When a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar earlier this year, the ground around them split and buildings nearby ...

PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — The Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Project just received a big boost in funding from Oregon Metro. The project — to ensure that the Burnside Bridge will survive a major ...

The earthquake fortification project is in its fourth phase, which is expected to take more than 10 years to complete.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an application for a federal grant to help pay for the earthquake-ready Burnside Bridge project. The $447 ...

A construction project that would help ensure access across the Willamette River in Salem in the event of a major earthquake has been delayed three years and the cost may be more than triple what ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Crews have started constructing a test foundation as part of the earthquake protection measures for the Burnside Bridge project. A 10-foot-wide test shaft is being built in Tom ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge has completed its environmental review process and received a green light from the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), clearing the way for the ...

If and when a big one strikes the Northwest, it is expected to happen suddenly. But politicians and scientists are aiming for a smartphone system, costing millions, that will warn residents before the ...

SOUTH WEBER — Seismologists and earthquake engineers in Utah have long spoken of "the big one." An earthquake somewhere along the Wasatch Fault could result in approximately 2,500 deaths, $33 billion ...