Earthquakes can cause serious damage to buildings, but this new invention has the potential to mitigate some of that damage without needing electricity.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Volunteers look for survivors near a building damaged in the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28, 2025, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

Large quakes produce shaking at a variety of frequencies. Some waves can travel hundreds of miles, and are amplified by local geological conditions. By Thomas Fuller Thomas Fuller has reported on why ...

Weak building codes and years of government unrest appear to have contributed to the devastation from the magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake, a leading seismic safety expert in the region said. The ...