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 ...

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 ...

Colorado State University along with Simpson Strong-Tie and other partners successfully led the world’s largest earthquake shake table test in Japan yesterday, proving that midrise wood-frame ...

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

Canadian engineers have designed a new structural system that could significantly enhance the ability of high-rise buildings to withstand powerful earthquakes, ensuring not only the survival of the ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — “We are creating our own earthquake,” Tara Hutchinson, a professor of structural engineering at UCSD said. UC San Diego’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center is home to ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center. Though buildings that can reach above 100 stories ...

"Three, two, one!” The tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator started moving slowly, swaying and twisting. The 10-story, 100-foot structure was experiencing simulations ...

Just a few weeks after construction was completed on the 190+ meter Torre Titanium La Portada, Chile’s tallest building at the time, the country was hit by a powerful earthquake that caused ...