Kaleigh Yost, assistant professor of geotechnical engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at ...

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 ...

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According to Ceferino, preliminary findings showed that people’s responses were not linear. “The risk perception at some ...

Earthquake-induced soil liquefaction, often described as the phenomena of seismic generation of excess porewater pressures and consequent softening of granular soils, is a leading cause of earthquake ...

To make sure our buildings and infrastructure are earthquake-safe, we must understand how seismic activity affects different structures. Miniature models and historical observations are helpful, but ...

Who: Anyone interested in the earthquake and its impacts. The webinar is especially relevant to those in the transportation, energy, water or wastewater sectors. What: The EERI Kahramanmaraş ...

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, ...

Locals and officials in Colombia have begun a massive search and rescue effort to find survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck near San José del Palmar in Chocó, with major damage observed in ...

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 ...