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These 24 city-owned San Francisco buildings could collapse in a major earthquake
San Francisco has assigned a seismic hazard score to hundreds of city-owned buildings. Some key ones, including a jury duty ...
Dozens of SF buildings at risk of collapsing from earthquake, data reveals
San Francisco has released new data that shows 24 city-owned buildings are at risk of collapsing from an earthquake. Even ...
An earthquake devastated Santa Barbara 100 years ago. It holds urgent lessons for the next ‘Big One’
In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...
Design flaws blamed for deadly Bangkok building collapse
Inspectors in Thailand have concluded their probe into the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise during a March earthquake. The ...
Quake-hit Bangkok tower collapse blamed on build, design failures
The State Audit Office tower was the only structure in the Thai capital to fall, with a China-linked joint venture now facing ...
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An earthquake shake table gives recycled steel a chance to test its metal
A 10-story building made from cold-formed steel held up to a generated earthquake by the earthquake shake table at UC San ...
UC San Diego tests building safety on ‘one of a kind' earthquake simulator
The UC San Diego shake table, located on an industrial lot off Pomerado Road, is the only outdoor facility of its kind in the ...
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Bangkok building collapsed after Myanmar quake due to construction, design flaws, probe shows
The 30-storey building, intended to house Thailand’s State Audit Office, was the only structure in the capital to collapse following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar. The ...