Hundreds of students and professionals from around the world are gathering in Portland this week for the 13th National ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Concrete structures of the past weren’t built to withstand the fury of an earthquake but a groundbreaking solution from engineers at Purdue University could change that. A ...

Structural engineers checked the extent of damage to buildings in northern Venezuela following last month's deadly ...

Simulations still can't predict exactly when an earthquake will happen, but with the incredible processing power of modern exascale supercomputers, they can now predict how they will happen and how ...

It depends on the height of the buildings. It's not the just the strength. You have to make sure that the building is able to sway because during the earthquake, basically the ground is shaking. It ...

Around 1,000 from around the world will be in town for the National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, with students competing in the seismic design competition.

Studying how people are injured inside buildings during earthquakes could improve safety and survival. In 2023, the city of Antakya in southern Türkiye was one of the hardest hit by a M7.8 temblor, ...

Structural engineers from Miyamoto International traveled to Venezuela to help in the effort to assess and catalogue damage from last month's devastating earthquakes. July 10, 2026 More than two weeks ...

Earthquake engineering encompasses the study of how seismic forces originate, propagate and interact with civil infrastructure, and how buildings, bridges, dams and lifeline systems can be designed or ...