April 2 (UPI) --A powerful earthquake measuring 7.4 magnitude rocked much of Taiwan on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, collapsing dozens of buildings in the southern city of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Rescue operations were underway after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake killed nine people and injured at least 963 in Taiwan. It's the strongest to hit Taiwan since 1999.

A major factor in the severity of these tragedies was the widespread structural failure of poorly designed buildings, many of ...

(WXIX/Gray News) – A historic church built in 1885 collapsed in Kentucky Saturday amid the powerful ... building on the site was dedicated on May 31, 1885. The success of this church after ...

A policeman stands in front of a partially collapsed building after an earthquake in Oaxaca,, Mexico ... (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez) MEXICO CITY (AP) — A powerful earthquake centered near ...

The country had previously revised building codes following the 1999 7.3 magnitude earthquake ... repairable after moderate ones, and withstand major earthquakes without collapsing," Teng Tzu ...

Residents in Naples were forced to camp outside or sleep in their cars after a powerful 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck the city early on Thursday. Italian seismologists said the tremor struck at ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan was struck Wednesday by its most powerful earthquake in a ... a 17-story high-rise apartment building that was the only major structure to have collapsed, killing dozens, were ...

Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes -- first in 2010 and again in 2021. Each disaster left behind widespread destruction: buildings reduced to rubble, entire communities ...