A bill to identify and incentivize retrofitting unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings was referred last week to the state House's Appropriations Committee for consideration.

Masonry structures, which are built using materials like brick, stone ... assessing damage from recent earthquakes, and exploring retrofitting techniques to enhance their resilience.

The Tenderloin Museum, a scrappy cultural space and living history center celebrating the city’s perennial underdog neighborhood, is planning a major expansion that will triple its size and add a ...

According to the California Earthquake Authority, more than 1.2 million houses in California were built before 1980 in ...

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake was detected in western Texas Friday night, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake at 10:23 p.m. MT (11:23 p.m. CT) had a depth of roughly 4.1 ...

Another earthquake has hit California. A 3.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Malibu area late Friday at approximately 11:44 p.m, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The latest quake is ...

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean Sea Saturday night, north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, briefly triggered tsunami alerts that were later lifted. The U.S ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Tsunami Advisory was in effect for Puerto Rico and nearby islands for part of Saturday evening after a powerful earthquake struck between Honduras and the Cayman Islands ...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – A pair of earthquakes struck just minutes apart near San Bernardino, California, on Monday morning. The first earthquake, a magnitude 3.5, hit just before 9:45 a.m ...

Multiple earthquakes, the strongest measuring a preliminary magnitude of 3.7, struck near Hayward, California on Thursday afternoon. The earthquakes occurred near the Hayward Fault, about 20 miles ...

It would cost more than $8 million to renovate and seismically retrofit Napa’s earthquake-damaged downtown post office, roughly 16 times the cost of demolishing it, the United States Postal ...