Timothy Bechtel has testified in state and federal courts, and his command of the subject has helped to find buried human remains.

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake in New Jersey over the weekend was reported to have been felt as far away as Berlin, Connecticut.

Buildings can be damaged by the shaking itself or by the ground beneath them settling to a different level than it was before the earthquake (subsidence). Buildings can even sink into the ground if ...

and how engineers design facilities to withstand earthquakes, will be addressed. In particular, the course will consider three topics of current professional and research interest: probabilistic ...

One of the “worst-case scenarios” with an epicenter in southeast Missouri, near Sikeston, would be the least disastrous of ...

Liquefaction is another issue stemming from the quakes. Soil turning to liquid after an earthquake was scary, seen all over Christchurch as the quakes hit; pictures of soil turning to slush ...

Grouting is a widely used construction technique that involves injecting stabilizing materials into soil to ensure structural stability, which is especially beneficial in earthquake-prone regions.

The Earthquake and Geotechnical Engineering research group is ... testing includes a 6 axis shaking table and a hollow cylinder apparatus for dynamic soil testing, and will soon include a new £12m ...

A 2.4-magnitude earthquake struck west of Pembroke, Georgia, this morning. Two minor quakes hit Georgia in late February.