OKCULAR VILLAGE, Turkey – A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 57 people as it knocked down stone or mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said. he government's crisis center said about 100 other...

SANTIAGO, Chile – A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, killing at least 78 people, collapsing buildings and setting off a tsunami. A huge wave reached a populated area in the Robinson Crusoe Islands, 410 miles (660 kilometers) off the Chilean coast, said...

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake has struck off the shore of Northern California, leaving thousands of households without power. The quake, which ran about 13.5 miles deep, hit offshore at 4:27 p.m. (7:27 p.m. ET) Saturday, about 33 miles from the coastal city of Eureka, according to the U.S....

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Dubai opened the world's tallest skyscraper Monday in a blaze of fireworks, then added a final flourish: It renamed the half-mile-high tower for the head of neighboring Abu Dhabi, whose billions bailed out Dubai amid last year's financial crisis. Long known...

Before you bid on a home, check for potentially dicey, and pricey, problems. In most states, home sellers must disclose any defect they know about that could affect how desirable -- and marketable -- their home is before they sign a purchase contract. Even in the six states that lack a...

A new mosque in the Russian region of Chechnya - described by the authorities as the biggest in Europe - has opened. The Heart of Chechnya mosque has been built in the centre of the capital, Grozny - on a spot where civil war raged only a few years ago. Hundreds of local people attended...

U.S. engineers have created a design model that allows the use of 30 percent less reinforcing steel in precast concrete beams without sacrificing safety. North Carolina State University civil engineering Professor Sami Rizkalla says the new spandrel design simplifies construction for...

Researchers at the University of Michigan simulated an off-the-charts earthquake in a laboratory to test their new technique for bracing high-rise concrete buildings. Their technique passed the test, withstanding more movement than an earthquake would typically demand. The engineers...

Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) have developed an ocean bed seismometer that operates using a data acquisition and storage system based on CompactFlash memory cards such as those used in commercial digital...

BERLIN — After inspecting dozens of well-known buildings, a four-member panel of veteran architects concluded that the Islamic Forum in Penzberg, a mosque and Islamic center, is the best work of architecture done in Bavaria in five years. "This prize is very important for us, not just...