A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey on Sunday, Aug. 10, leaving one person dead and dozens of others injured The victim killed in the quake has been identified by officials as an 81-year-old ...

An new innovative building design reduces the impact of earthquakes by absorbing energy and protecting structures from severe ...

In 1906, United Railroads of San Francisco ran most of the city’s transit lines. Company photographer John Henry Mentz ...

Mexico sits on one of the most seismically restless patches of Earth. Squeezed between the Cocos, Pacific, and North American tectonic plates, the country experiences hundreds of measurable tremors ...

The historic temblor, which struck 120 years ago Saturday, devastated Santa Rosa’s commercial district, where about 12 blocks ...

An undersea magnitude 7.4 earthquake toppled buildings in parts of northern Indonesia, sent people fleeing from their homes, ...

Vancouver’s Hive building is the latest proof that mass timber construction is here to stay. As visitors head into downtown ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed an executive order on Monday aiming to help the state prepare for ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- On a clear, warm September day, up on the 62nd floor of Salesforce Tower, which is the highest you can go in an elevator from the ground floor of the building, the 360 degree ...

Earthquakes are among the deadliest of natural global threats to society, responsible for the majority of disaster-related deaths and financial losses in the past decades. According to a recent ...