SF Bay Area building demolition fuels quake study
Saturday, August 17, 2013 - 18:00
in Earth & Climate
HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) -- It took just seconds for a 13-story building overlooking San Francisco Bay to implode, spewing smoke and chunks of concrete as it crumbled into a heap of rubble. But U.S. Geological Survey scientist Rufus Catchings was marveling less at the visual spectacle than what he could feel with his feet....