The FINANCIAL — Devastating earthquakes are a global phenomenon, as anyone in Nepal, Japan, or Indonesia can tell you. The consequences can be crushing: human lives are lost and confusion in everyday ...

The after-shocks of the Kahramanmaras earthquake in Turkey and closer-to-home disasters such as the Joshimath crisis have made a global impact, compelling us to look closer into available engineering ...

ALTHOUGH it might appear that such a subject has little direct application in Great Britain, it will be found that the problem treated in this work is one of vibration in structures and, as such, is ...

Hours after the Turkey-Syria earthquake, a video on Japanese techniques to deal with such calamities began doing the rounds on social media. It showed how Japanese engineers and architects had ...

In the aftermath of the devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, collapsed buildings blocked rescue efforts and disrupted supply transport. Three decades later, the need for earthquake-resistant ...

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Just over a month later on February 27, an even more powerful earthquake — with a magnitude of 8.8 — hit Chile near ...

As our urban centers become more densely populated, engineers are continuously looking to maximize this space by building upward rather than outward. As a result, we’ve seen massive skyscrapers sprout ...

Mr Isaac Kuuwan Mwimbelle, Acting Director General of the Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA), has advised the Government to encourage the building of earthquake resistant structures to enhance ...

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Nagpur: Builders can get the occupation certificate (OC) for their structures only if the quake-resistant norms are followed, said experts after strong tremors were felt in the city following an ...