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A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future ...

It felt as if the furnace was blowing up, a truck was hitting our building and our solar panels were falling off – all at the ...

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Washington Park is a 134-year-old historic building in Downtown Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood. The building has an existing basement with an areaway and three existing floors. Originally ...

Located across from the historic courthouse, the Center Building has remained red-tagged as unsafe to enter since the 2014 ...

Within a decade, more than 5,000 residents lived in Malibu. Architects warned of the danger of building in the area, known to ...

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Rescuers pulled the bodies of a 23-year-old woman and a man believed to be her husband from under a collapsed apartment ...

If you buy into stereotypes and myths, the climate in Southern California is splendid and the people are laid back. Lies. The ...

Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami led to an increased awareness about earthquake preparedness among Kathmandu residents.