The University of California, San Diego, has the largest outdoor shake table, or earthquake simulator, in the world - the only one capable of testing a 10-story building. The shake table can support ...

Tara Hutchinson, a professor in the UC San Diego Department of Structural Engineering, is the lead researcher on a series of tests on a 10-story, cold-formed steel-framed building at the UC San Diego ...

Shaking the rust off people’s emergency preparedness skills, an earthquake simulator that has been touring the state ahead of California’s annual drill stopped at Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday, Oct ...

"Three, two, one!” The tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator started moving slowly, swaying and twisting. The 10-story, 100-foot structure was experiencing simulations ...

SHAKEOUT TOUR IS ROLLING THROUGH CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK. IT SIMULATES A BIG EARTHQUAKE. KCRA 3’S ERIN HEFT LIVE AT UC DAVIS, WHERE THAT SIMULATOR IS SET UP WITH THE VERY LATEST ERIN. AND THIS IS NOT TO ...

Cal State Fullerton students were quite shaken up recently — for a good reason. CSUF was among three locations chosen statewide to host the Great California ShakeOut, providing the opportunity for the ...

PLEASANTON, CA — A 3.5 earthquake rattled the East Bay Monday, a reminder of the importance of proper earthquake preparedness. Sometimes, reading about it isn't quite enough. On Wednesday, the ...