The NEES@UC San Diego shake table, at 25-by-40 feet, can simulate the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded. (Photo provided/NEES). Download Photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The biggest outdoor shake ...

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Three 14- by 14-foot, 27-ton table platens were lifted and placed onto their base mats in the University of Nevada, Reno's new Earthquake Engineering Laboratory as the installation of equipment in the ...

When the Loma Prieta earthquake struck San Francisco in 1989, it gutted the Marina neighborhood. While part of that was due to liquefaction effects caused by the area’s underlying landfill ...

Researchers shook a five-story building in a simulation to test the post-earthquake and fire performance of the building and many of its contents on Tuesday, April 17, at the University of California ...

SCRIPPS RANCH (KGTV): The "shake table" at UC San Diego will soon be able to move just like a real earthquake, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation. Researchers at UC San Diego ...

The world's largest earthquake-simulation shake table in Miki City, Japan played a large role in helping scientists design buildings that could withstand large earthquakes. The devastating earthquake ...

In California, earthquakes are commonplace, but with the possibility of the ‘Big One’ always looming, the state’s authorities are doing all they can to prepare for it. This week saw the construction ...

Researchers from The Johns Hopkins University will conduct tests tomorrow to see how a Southern California earthquake could impact a two-story office building. But the tests are not being held at ...

Building codes will be changing soon, now that a study at UC San Diego found a common steel building column won’t withstand the stress of a strong earthquake. KPBS Science and technology reporter ...