Dr Emily So, a professor of architectural engineering at the University of Cambridge, noted that older buildings can and have been strengthened, such as in California, western Canada ... a fault line ...

Dr So warned that there was "always a chance" of further damage to buildings near a fault line due to aftershocks - tremors that follow an earthquake, which can be caused by the sudden transfer of ...

A rescue team in Mandalay, the city closes to the earthquake's epicentre, tells the BBC they "are digging people out with our bare hands".

Neither Padres nor Fernando Tatis Jr. looking for a move to center field as team deals with injuries to Jackson Merrill and ...

While Taupō is better known for its volcanic activity, it is also exceptionally seismically active compared to many other ...

Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ruling military, has announced a unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts.

BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,000 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that ...

As rescue operations continue in both Myanmar and Thailand, here's a quick roundup of the latest lines ... meet modern earthquake safety standards - is already being done in Canada and New ...

An earthquake shook Taiwan on Wednesday morning, setting off alarms in the capital, but no damage was immediately reported.The ...

Canada and Australia. Taiwan sits on active fault lines and is frequently struck by earthquakes and hit by typhoons. However, it has well-honed disaster plans, which means casualties are generally ...