Bdcnetwork.com: Code compliance failure responsible for over 100 deaths in building collapse during New Zealand earthquake
A technical report on the failure of the Canterbury Television building during an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand in February 2011 illustrates how important seismic codes are in saving lives.
Code compliance failure responsible for over 100 deaths in building collapse during New Zealand earthquake
Homeland Security Today: Earthquake Standards Should Save Property as Well as Lives, Some Argue
SDxCentral: UK and New Zealand want to use subsea cables for earthquake detection
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK’s national metrology center, plans to use subsea cables to detect earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean. In collaboration with the New Zealand-based ...
UK and New Zealand want to use subsea cables for earthquake detection
Sagaing earthquake in Myanmar On 28 March 2025, two powerful earthquakes struck central Myanmar’s Sagaing Region near Mandalay. The first, with a magnitude of 7.7, occurred at 12:50 p.m. local time, followed by a second of magnitude 6.4 at 1:02 p.m. Multiple aftershocks have since been reported, disrupting ongoing rescue operations. As of 30 March 2025, the State Administration in Myanmar ...
On 25 April 2015 at 11:56 NST, with a mighty shudder, the earth released the pent-up seismic energy trapped within in the form of an earthquake that lasted 55 seconds. That brief span of time was enough to cause thousands of deaths, injure several thousand people, bring down buildings and shanties alike, split apart roads, damage health facilities and schools, cause avalanches and landslides ...