San Francisco has assigned a seismic hazard score to hundreds of city-owned buildings. Some key ones, including a jury duty site, might fare badly in a big quake.

Santa Barbara around 1990, and San Francisco in 1992, the last of which acted after car commuters were crushed to death when a brick wall collapsed during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. But other ...

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Was that an earthquake you just felt or merely a big truck rumbling by? You don't have to wonder thanks to the U.S.

San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 Dan Kurzman describes the magnitude and scale of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. By incorporating real stories of the experiences of the people and what they ...

On July 21, 1952, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Kern County was strongly felt in the Valley, shaking residents ...

The goal is to determine whether it’s safe to build taller structures using cold-formed steel — a strong, lightweight, ...

A 2.9-magnitude quake hit near Fairview in the San Francisco Bay Area, with over 800 people reporting it felt as far as West Sacramento and Santa Cruz.

Researchers at UC San Diego on Monday put a 10-story, cold-formed steel building to the test, simulating how the structure would move in the midst of a major earthquake.