Week of tremors exposes dangers of Santorini's construction boom
By Lefteris Papadimas and Karolina Tagaris SANTORINI, Greece (Reuters) - Hundreds of small earthquakes that shook Greece's ...
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Two years on, construction jungle emerges from Antioch's quake-hit ruins
Whenever Sema Genc enters a room, the first place she looks is the ceiling: would it hold up in an earthquake, or would she ...
Crews dig deep hole in Waterfront Park to put new Burnside Bridge design to the test
Crews are finishing up digging a 125-foot hole to install a test foundation that they'll use to test the earthquake-resistant ...
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How the Parthenon of Athens Was Engineered to Withstand Earthquakes
The construction ingenuity of Athens' Parthenon has enabled it to miraculously survive natural disasters such as earthquakes.
China’s Large and Mysterious Dam Project Is Alarming Neighbors and Experts
The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...
Multnomah County is drilling a massive hole at Portland’s Waterfront Park ahead of Burnside Bridge rebuild
Since 2016, talk of Multnomah County’s Burnside Bridge rebuild has all been conceptual. Last month, the seismic upgrades ...
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400,000 Turks are still living in containers
Two years after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey, 400,000 people are still living in containers. According to the ...
Earthquake swarm in Greece raises fresh fears over island tourism boom
A swarm of earthquakes has rattled the Greek island of Santorini, one of the country’s busiest tourist destinations, raising concerns about the stability of the region’s dramatic, volcanic cliffs ...