This Berkeley building can snap back into place after a major earthquake

A visible shape-metal alloy seismic system keeps the building plumb, and makes it a teaching tool for earthquake-resilient ...
WFAE

Buildings In Mexico Keep Falling Days After Deadly Earthquake

Officials in Mexico say more than 270 people have died from Tuesday's earthquake. Most of the deaths have been in the country's capital, Mexico City. The mayor says as of last night, 38 buildings had ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Ongoing SF campaign promotes enhanced building safety to prepare city for next big earthquake

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As we approach the 36th anniversary of the devastating 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake, you may be wondering, how safe is San Francisco? The city has an ongoing campaign to ...
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Ahead of a Cascadia earthquake, Oregon Gov. Kotek signs order for building safety

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed an executive order on Monday aiming to help the state prepare for earthquakes. Executive Order 25-22 directs Oregon’s Department of ...
OPB

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek wants new state buildings to be earthquake ready

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order on Monday to ensure new state buildings larger than 10,000-square-feet are built to withstand a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. It’s unclear how ...
NPR

Efforts to protect historic Seattle buildings from possible earthquakes decades away

There's an 85% chance that a damaging earthquake could hit Seattle in the next 50 years. Old brick buildings are most at risk, but retrofitting them could mean a loss of affordable housing. Up and ...
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What happens to Seattle when the big earthquake hits?

When the ground under Seattle finally gives way, the disaster will not unfold as a single cinematic moment but as a chain reaction that reshapes the city’s geography, infrastructure and daily life.