This is a major north-south “strike-slip” fault ... of a decidedly human factor. “This earthquake occurred in an area with no earthquake-resistant buildings and inadequate building codes ...

A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake in the ancient capital Bagan in central Myanmar killed three people in 2016, also toppling spires and crumbling temple walls at the tourist destination.

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Paolo Verzone In his lab, Gerardo De Canio tests quake-proof bases with facades of ... which had been restored after the 1703 earthquake. The walls were still standing, but the roof had collapsed.

The assessment showed much of the population lives in structures that are susceptible to earthquake shaking and are made from metal, timber or less-resistant ... and the wall of the Mandalay ...

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Earthquake engineering experts Emily So and Ziggy Lubkowski answer technical questions about the tragic event in an accessible way. Myanmar has a long history of seismic events. Image credit: ...

In fact, shells inspired an entire French art movement: Rococo, a word blending the French rocaille, referring to the practice of covering walls with ... on the south coast of Australia, a French ...

The primary cause of death in an earthquake is not the shaking ground but crumbling roofs, crashing walls and collapsing ... How can we make buildings resistant to earthquakes?

South American nations are poised to benefit from the US-China trade war by filling gaps in global supply chains for agricultural commodities like cereals, according to a top United Nations economist.

Earthquakes are among the deadliest of natural global threats to society, responsible for the majority of disaster-related ...