The tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator started moving slowly, swaying and twisting. The ...

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...

The earthquake shake table reproduced the effects of the Loma Prieta Earthquake that hit the San Francisco Bay Area in 1989. And it was also testing a recycled steel building material called cold ...

Loma Prieta was a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit the Greater San Francisco Bay Area in 1989, killing 63 people, injuring 3,757 and wreaking an estimated $5.6 to $6 billion in damages — equal ...

One of the things that makes baseball so unique is the impact that weather has on the sport. Roughly 2-3% of all Major League ...

In California, where the next "Big One" is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.

The restaurant and civic space Manny's is hosting a nightly four-part series called "Understanding Homelessness." On Tuesday, Kunal Modi, San Francisco chief of health, homelessness, and family ...

Researchers at UC San Diego on Monday put a 10-story, cold-formed steel building to the test, simulating how the structure would move in the midst of a major earthquake.

In September 2000, J.’s own Alix Wall wrote about her fond memories of her six summers at Camp Swig in the early ’80s, five ...

San Francisco has assigned a seismic hazard score to hundreds of city-owned buildings. Some key ones, including a jury duty site, might fare badly in a big quake.

California's San Andreas Fault is capable of triggering a massive earthquake. Here's what to know about this famous location often associated with earthquakes.