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List reveals 3,400 San Francisco buildings may face earthquake risk
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA draft list of San Francisco concrete buildings reveals properties that the city says could be...
2 dead, 12 injured after magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocks parts of Northern California
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt least two people died and 12 were injured after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked Northern...
How the deadly Long Beach earthquake in 1933 propelled California's seismic safety rules
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"Just one of the many apartment homes that are coming in for plenty of fresh air," someone wrote on...
Morocco earthquake is a warning for California: Weak brick buildings can become deathtraps
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPeople walk amid the wreckage in the town of Imi N'tala. (Mosa'ab Elshamy / Associated Press) The...
Two dead and thousands without power after powerful California earthquake
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo people have died, a dozen were injured and thousands left without power after a magnitude-6.4...
Earthquake showed Taiwan was well prepared for a big one — more so than parts of U.S.
NBC Universal via AOL· 3 months agoThe powerful earthquake in Taiwan on Wednesday shook an island that was well prepared for a seismic...
'It could happen tomorrow': Experts know disaster upon disaster looms for West Coast
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt's the elevators that worry earthquake engineering expert Keith Porter the most. Scientists say a...
Century-old postcards capture the early years of San Francisco's Chinatown
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn the face of anti-immigration laws and a devastating earthquake, Chinese immigrants built an...
Flying is getting scary. But is it still safe?
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoThe reports of harrowing and sometimes tragic incidents aboard airplanes accelerated this year, leading many to wonder if it’s still safe to fly. A door...
A deadly building flaw common in California brings destruction and misery to Turkey, Syria
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe flaws of non-ductile concrete construction are found across California, with many buildings...