How Japanese buildings are designed to survive even the most devastating earthquakes - Japan has invested in decades of ...

For years, engineers worried about how collapse-prone Venezuela’s buildings could be in an earthquake. The big problem, they warned, was the prevalence of tall concrete buildings atop soft soils — the ...

Factors like the short interval between the two powerful quakes and different types of soil led to some structures collapsing while others stayed standing.

The imperative for such innovation in that field is massive. For instance, despite lasting only 20 seconds, the 1995 earthquake that struck Kobe, Japan destroyed 100,000 buildings, and the 2011 ...

People walk among the rubble of collapsed buildings in La Guaira, Venezuela, 25 June 2026. Ronald Pena R / EPA Images More than 500 people have been killed in Venezuela following powerful back-to-back ...

The earthquake hit the Campi Flegrei area, located west of Naples, at around 7:46 p.m. local time on Aug. 1 ...

The earthquakes that hit Venezuela 6 days ago may have damaged or destroyed 58,000 buildings, NASA says, as rescuers race the clock to find survivors.

CARACAS, Venezuela (NEXSTAR) — A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook Venezuela on Wednesday evening, seconds before a 7.5-magnitude quake hit, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The ...