Engineers Try to Bring Down the House During Simulated Earthquake Tests
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 16:42
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of California at San Diego put a single-story house to the test on January 26 via a series of strong simulated earthquake shakes. The first jolt to the wood-stud structure with brick veneer measured a 6.6 magnitude, with the final one coming in at 7.2.