Pleasanton, Calif. – Simpson Strong-Tie donated product and provided technical expertise for the CFS-NEES project, a series of earthquake tests for cold-formed steel-framed buildings. As part of the ...

A 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building will soon be put to the test on an earthquake simulator at the University of California San Diego to see how well it can withstand earthquakes. The UC San ...

Last week, a plot of land in North Portland felt a shake, but not one caused by an earthquake, but instead by a machine known as T-Rex. Researchers with Portland State University were simulating a ...

Scientists are installing multiple temporary seismic monitoring stations to get a better understanding of the sharp increase in earthquakes recorded at Mount Adams. When you purchase through links on ...

Multiple notable earthquakes have struck the United States this year, including a powerful quake in California and a historic event on the East Coast earlier in 2024. Strong earthquakes can lead to ...

Earthquakes could be being used as cover for secret nuclear tests, a newly-published review article by leading seismologists has cautioned. The findings come as part of a review article by Joshua ...

Some of the most earthquake-prone parts of the United States are also the most populated; on average, southern California experiences around 10,000 earthquakes each year. While only several hundred of ...

On January 1, 2008, at 1:59 am in Calipatria, California, an earthquake happened. You haven’t heard of this earthquake; even if you had been living in Calipatria, you wouldn’t have felt anything. It ...

Could the seismic signal of an underground nuclear test explosion be 'hidden' by the signal generated by a natural earthquake? Could the seismic signal of an underground nuclear test explosion be ...

Researchers are deliberately setting off real (small) earthquakes to understand how to gauge the danger of a fault line before it breaks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

On August 16, 2012, residents of the tiny Dutch village of Huizinge were rattled by an inexplicably large 3.6 magnitude earthquake. Gas extraction in the nearby Groningen gas field, one of the largest ...