Using information from Lessons 7–10, each team will work independently to develop an earthquake response plan for its school. The first task will be to research whether the school or community ...

Weak building codes and years of government unrest appear to have contributed to the devastation from the magnitude ...

One of our readers, Loreann Villanueva, is a Bangkok earthquake survivor, so I asked her to share her experience and suggestions to help prepare Metro Manila for the Big One.

Rescue operations are in full swing following the devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake centred in Myanmar, which, according to official estimates, has claimed more than 1,600 lives. With the death ...

Lessons from a disaster: Binod Tiwari, a geo-technical engineer from Cal State Fullerton, examines a building damaged by the April 25 earthquake in Nepal. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS/Molly ...

A plan to build a nuclear power plant in Suzu near the epicenter of this earthquake was once considered and later put on ice. Lessons must be gleaned from the latest giant quake and its ...