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 ...

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 ...

There’s a reason the refrain exists, and that’s because it’s true. In Turkey, the earthquake exposed the corrupted politicians who had turned a blind eye to building code violations. In Morocco, it ...

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 ...

Prefabricated walls are in place. The house is moved off the cribbing onto the foundation. The episode opens with the house still in the backyard. While planning the prefabricated foundation walls to ...