Scientists Use Earthquake Secrets to Build Stronger Materials
Materials scientists have uncovered a new way to predict material degradation and failure by studying muscovite mica and ...
Hundreds of Puget Sound buildings at risk during earthquake, retrofits expensive
More than two decades after a major earthquake destroyed buildings across Puget Sound, many remain vulnerable to collapse.
A mega-earthquake could strike the Pacific Northwest any day — and we're not prepared
A huge earthquake and tsunami will someday hit the Pacific Northwest. Predictions of the "Big One" are terrifying, and the ...
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Geologists Finally Explain New Jersey’s Strange Earthquake That Rocked the Northeast in April
A new study suggests the seismic energy traveled outward from a previously unmapped fault, emanating from the hypocenter in ...
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Here's what a 7.2-magnitude earthquake would do to Vancouver
A new report says up to 1,350 people would die or suffer severe injuries and nearly 6,100 privately owned buildings would be heavily damaged.
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Building safer cities with AI: Machine learning model enhances urban resilience against liquefaction
In earthquake-prone areas like Japan, there is a need for better prediction of soil stability to mitigate liquefaction risks. Towards this end, researchers have used machine learning models, including ...
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Rebuild or demolish? Napa Center Building repair plan remains undecided
The fate of Napa’s Center Building continues to play out, more than a decade after it was severely damaged by the 2014 earthquake. In June, the city gave the Center Building's owner Brian Silver ...
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A mega-earthquake could strike the Pacific Northwest any day — and we're not prepared
Between the earthquake and the tsunami, 14,000 people died, many more were trapped or injured, and more than 618,000 buildings were damaged. The shaking triggered landslides, fires, and spills of ...