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Understanding the physics of ‘mature’ faults helps us understand the general mechanics of the earth's crust, which improves earthquake hazards models globally The March 28, 2025, Myanmar earthquake is giving scientists a rare look into how some of the...

Late one night in February, as Fernando Moreu sat in his office wrapping up work in the Centennial Engineering Center, he felt something unusual – the building was vibrating. He waited for it to pass and soon learned there had been an earthquake in west...

On a quiet Tuesday afternoon, the earth started to shake in South-Central Mexico. Mexico City and other surrounding cities suffered a devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake that took the lives of hundreds of people and many of the homes, schools and...

More than 30 people gathered last week to form a new student chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute - EERI. There has been substantial interest in earthquake resistant structures since a group of UNM students formed to create an...