Sandia National Laboratories researcher Sandy Ballard and colleagues from Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed SALSA3D, a 3-D model of the Earth's mantle and crust designed to help ...

Scientists used supercomputer simulation to reveal the underlying mechanism by which the irregular fault geometry, characterized by multisegments, controlled the variation of the fault slip and ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Researchers as Oregon State University have developed a new 3D model that allows them to take a closer look at what’s happening beneath the earth’s surface along the Cascadia ...

On a sunny morning in September 1985, a massive earthquake killed more than 9,000 people in Mexico City, even though the epicenter of the earthquake was some 200 miles away. The worst damage happened ...

Most introductory geology professors teach students about earthquakes by assigning readings and showing diagrams of tectonic plates and fault lines to the class. But Paul Low is not most instructors. ...

Earlier this month, we noticed several different scans of Durbar Square in Kathmandu, that was hit by the large earthquake in spring 2015. In an ongoing initiative to document heritage sites, we ...

It’s an exciting time in the world of civil engineering and construction. The advent of 3D printing technology has now made it possible to construct bridges that can withstand earthquakes as powerful ...

A team of researchers in China have carried out a new experiment to test how well a 3D printed concrete house can withstand ...

With the popularity of 3D-printed homes rising, University of Bristol scientists are using the UK’s largest shaking table to test their durability against earthquakes. As a rapidly emerging technology ...

Tokyo, one of the world's most densely populated megacities, sits on a highly active seismic zone where the threat of major ...