The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced in Dubai that current codes of practice around the world are inadequate for the seismic design of tall buildings and has called for a more rigorous design approach. While cities in Middle Eastern ...

Cupertino City Council set aside the first sum of money toward a multi-million-dollar renovation of a building deemed at risk in the face of earthquakes.

Building a better future for New Zealand starts with putting the right settings in place for our cities and regions to thrive,” said Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk.

An earthquake struck the East Coast of the United States on Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, causing buildings to shake and rattling nerves from Maryland to Maine. The USGS measured the quake as a 4.8 temblor with its epicenter ...

An earthquake rattled northern Taiwan on Saturday, but damage appears minimal in the capital, Taipei. As Nikkei Asia notes, the quake prompted evacuations from some TSMC facilities in the well-known Hsinchu Science Park,

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck 32 km off Yilan, Taiwan, late Saturday. This was the second significant quake in three days. Taiwan's location near tectonic plates makes it prone to seismic activity.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Southeast Asia around lunchtime Friday, killing at least three people in Thailand and bringing down multiple buildings in Myanmar, prompting the military-run government to declare a state of emergency in multiple regions.

A strong earthquake struck off Taiwan’s northeast coast late Saturday night, sending tremors across the island. Buildings swayed in Taipei, while restaurants and supermarkets saw items fall from shelves as people rushed to safety.

The exact coordinates of the epicentre were 24.69°N, 122.08°E and the focal depth of the earthquake was 72.8 km.

Volunteers look for survivors near a building damaged in the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28, 2025, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. (Aung Shine Oo / Associated Press) Weak building codes and years of government unrest appear to have contributed to the ...