Question: My family is interested in purchasing a townhome or condominium by a marina so we can dock our boat. Someone we know is moving from the marina because of rising homeowner association dues ...

Liquefaction is a phenomenon in which the strength and stiffness of a soil is reduced by earthquake shaking or other rapid loading. Liquefaction can cause major damage during an earthquake. In this ...

If the Bay Area is indeed overdue for the "Big One," as many scientists believe, it's important to know what kind of soil your home is built on. "The most recent scientific study indicates that for ...

Granular materials, like sand, appear like a solid, but under certain circumstances they can suddenly behave like a liquid. How this exactly happens is still a physical mystery. Water can play a role, ...

When a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck central Sulawesi, Indonesia on Friday, survivors found even the ground beneath their feet offered no safety: it had turned to liquid. Many who ...

Workers check damage to Interstate 880 in Oakland after it collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake. Photo by AP Photo/Paul Sakuma For the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake—the 6.9 ...

Floating on land: this storm drain was pushed up through the road in Christchurch by liquefaction caused by the 2010 Canterbury earthquake. (Courtesy: Martin Luff/CC BY-SA 2.0) Contrary to ...

As Indonesia attempts to recover from the 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that devastated the island of Sulawesi in late September, the process of liquefaction has been blamed for the huge scale ...

On Sept. 19, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Januarius, bishop, martyr, and patron saint of Naples, Italy. Traditionally on this day and on two other occasions a year, his blood — ...

The award includes six refrigerant turbo compressors comprising LM9000 aeroderivative gas turbines paired with BCL1407 ...

If the Bay Area is indeed overdue for the "Big One," as many scientists believe, it's important to know what kind of soil your home is built on. "The most recent scientific study indicates that for ...