Fast Company

This Berkeley building can snap back into place after a major earthquake

Zig-zagging around the glass-and-steel perimeter of the UC Berkeley Grimes Engineering Center, 36 thin metal rods could be what it takes to prevent the building’s total destruction. The rods are the ...
The Conversation

Disaster after disaster: do we have enough raw materials to ‘build back better’?

This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in this tragic event, it is also a moment to reflect on what ...
KOIN 6

Ahead of a Cascadia earthquake, Oregon Gov. Kotek signs order for building safety

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed an executive order on Monday aiming to help the state prepare for earthquakes. Executive Order 25-22 directs Oregon’s Department of ...
AOL

West Coast's two monster faults could trigger back-to-back earthquakes, new research suggests

Workers check damage to Interstate 880 in Oakland after it collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake in October 1989. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press) They are two of the West Coast's most ...
Los Angeles Times

West Coast’s two monster faults could trigger back-to-back earthquakes, new research suggests

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. New research suggests the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone could produce devastating ...