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A tsunami threat is over after several large quakes off Russia's Pacific coast
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says there is no longer a danger of tsunami waves on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula after multiple powerful earthquakes struck nearby on Sunday. The largest ...
Golden Gate Bridge Will Be Under Construction For The Next Decade To Prepare For The 'Big One': Report
The massive seismic retrofit will help the iconic bridge withstand the city's next major earthquake and remain a "lifeline ...
Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state. Here is why Wednesday's earthquake was notable
Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...
West Coast May Get Tallest Skyscraper Yet As Record-Breaking Tower Proposed
The proposed San Francisco skyscraper would be the tallest building in the United States outside of New York and Chicago.
Experimental tiles bring life to seawall along San Francisco's Embarcacero
Along San Francisco's Embarcadero, a groundbreaking experiment is revealing promising results. At the aging seawall, during low tide, a diver with the Port of San Francisco carefully removed nine ...
Concord fault line further west than once thought, scientists say
A fault line that could unleash a major earthquake is not where scientists thought it was. New research found the Concord ...