How Japanese buildings survive the most devastating earthquakes

How Japanese buildings are designed to survive even the most devastating earthquakes - Japan has invested in decades of ...
The Conversation

How can we make buildings more resilient before – and after – earthquakes? We put one solution to the test

This week’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Philippines came with scenes familiar to New Zealanders: collapsed buildings, shattered facades and streets strewn with rubble. Earthquakes of such force ...
The Manila Times on MSN

Why earthquake-resilient structures flex

DURING the thirty seconds the earth shook in General Santos City, facades broke and whole structures collapsed. However, some of the older buildings, built with deep foundations, stood the shaking but ...
Wired

Why Venezuela’s Second Earthquake Was So Damaging to Buildings

Verónica Cañas barely had time to grab her 6-year-old son and put on her shoes before running out of her apartment in Caracas. As she ran down the stairs, the walls began to crack and part of the ...