A full-scale earthquake test suggests a new generation of low-carbon timber-based buildings could remain usable after major ...

Earthquakes usually occur along fracture zones in Earth's crust, where large tectonic plates slide past one another and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feeling a large-scale earthquake in a safe setting. That’s what students, staff and visitors at Sacramento State experienced ...

A major Hayward fault quake could shake some Bay Area communities harder than expected because of the ground beneath them, ...

Cal State Fullerton students were quite shaken up recently — for a good reason. CSUF was among three locations chosen statewide to host the Great California ShakeOut, providing the opportunity for the ...

PORT ANGELES — More than 100 first responders, CERT volunteers and elected officials came by invitation Wednesday to experience the Big Shaker, an earthquake simulator, at Peninsula College. The big ...

The University of California, San Diego, has the largest outdoor shake table, or earthquake simulator, in the world - the only one capable of testing a 10-story building. The shake table can support ...

SHAKEOUT TOUR IS ROLLING THROUGH CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK. IT SIMULATES A BIG EARTHQUAKE. KCRA 3’S ERIN HEFT LIVE AT UC DAVIS, WHERE THAT SIMULATOR IS SET UP WITH THE VERY LATEST ERIN. AND THIS IS NOT TO ...

Tara Hutchinson, a professor in the UC San Diego Department of Structural Engineering, is the lead researcher on a series of tests on a 10-story, cold-formed steel-framed building at the UC San Diego ...