An earthquake like the 2001 Nisqually quake will strike again, and it could be more damaging. What is certain is that we can make structures safer.

The City of Seattle marked the anniversary of the 6.8 magnitude earthquake on Thursday by discussing ongoing contingency plans for another powerful quake.

Narek Ekmekjyan, vice president of Optimum Seismic, takes a look at the retrofit work done by the company at an apartment building in Venice on Nov. 7. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Southern ...

The owners of one of downtown Napa’s oldest, largest buildings are on the path to repairing its battered exterior, nearly three years after the 2014 earthquake. Plans to piece together brickwork on ...

Southern California is seeing its most seismically active year in decades, but some cities near the epicenter of recent temblors have yet to require retrofits of many apartment buildings deemed most ...