Retrofitting a house for earthquakes typically costs between $3,369 and $8,608, with a national average cost of $5,988. The cost for an earthquake retrofit will depend on the size of the home, the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- To get a better idea of just how much damage even a moderate earthquake would cause to unreinforced masonry buildings, earthquake-engineering researchers in the University at ...

The scenes of devastation from the Morocco earthquake are both horrifying and grimly familiar. Piles of mud bricks littering whole neighborhoods where homes and businesses once stood. Rescuers walking ...

Almost a week after the most powerful earthquake to strike inside its borders since at least 1900, Morocco is still counting the dead. Officials reported at least 2,946 people had died while more ...

RIO DELL — Jacqui McIntosh’s nearly three-month wait to sell her quaint, century-old logging home here ended in a moment of sheer terror. She was supposed to get ...