Maine is not typically associated with significant seismic activity, making Monday's earthquake all the more unusual. Most earthquakes in the state are too small to feel, and large, damaging quakes ...

The soft-story retrofit program is one of two earthquake retrofit incentive programs offered through the California Residential Mitigation Program, a state authority jointly run by the California ...

Current research is focused on how induced earthquake mitigation measures have the potential to reduce the liklihood of damage to light-frame wood buildings. Future research aims to evaluate the ...

Studying earthquakes that occur in Peru, situated like Japan in a subduction zone, provides the opportunity to gain new knowledge that can significantly enhance Japan's geo-science and disaster ...

The formation of a tropical storm - Hurricane Mitch, October 1998. VideoThe formation of a tropical storm - Hurricane Mitch, October 1998 ...

Considering the level of damage caused by the 1999 Izmit earthquake in the neighboring region to the east, the risk in Marmara is large. Despite that risk, Türkiye still has many outstanding issues ...

The Parker Butte earthquake, as it has been renamed, occurred about 7 kilometers deep along the Wabuska Lineament between ...