Yesterday’s Quake Was a Reminder That the “Big One” Can Happen at any Time
At 7:33 Southern California experience 4.4 quake 25 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. It was centered about 3 [...]
How Safe is Your Child’s School Building?
In Washington over the summer structural engineers were busy inspecting school buildings to see what level of seismic risk [...]
Seven of this Month’s Eight Monster Shakers Occurred Around The Ring of Fire
August has a been a shaky month, what does that mean? We have had a lot of seismic activity [...]
Engineers Need to Build for The Long Run
A team of researchers from Colombia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, University of California, University of California at Riverside and the [...]
7.3 Earthquake Strikes Venezuelan Coast
A 7.3 earthquake struck on Tuesday off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. So far no injuries or deaths were reported. [...]
The Ring of Fire has been plagued by dozens of earthquakes in the last 48 hours
With more than 53 significant earthquakes unleashed in a day yesterday along the Ring of Fire. Experts worry that Ring [...]
An Earthquake Happens Somewhere Every Single Day
Did you know the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that 500,000 detectable earthquakes occur in the world each year? [...]
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake has rocked central Italy
A 5.3 earthquake has hit near Italy’s eastern coastline, close to the city of Montecilfone in the Molise region. [...]