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Tibet earthquake: Terrifying videos show 7.0-magnitude quake shake buildings, 300 houses collapse (watch)

A massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote area of Tibet on Thursday night, resulting in at least 16 fatalities and dozens of injuries. The powerful tremor damaged hundreds of homes, prompting the deployment of over 300 police officers for rescue operations.
Newswise

Why Some Buildings Collapse in an Earthquake While Others Stay Standing

The twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June 2026, collapsing buildings across northern Venezuela, from Yaracuy state to Caracas, have revived a question that follows every major quake: why do some buildings fall while others nearby remain standing?
USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Buildings May Survive an Earthquake but Remain Unusable

USC Engineering Insights – USC Viterbi’s Professor Bora Gencturk explains why meeting seismic code does not guarantee that a building can reopen after an earthquake, and how performance-based design could support a faster recovery.
Messenger-Inquirer

Rescuers search for survivors after deadly earthquake in China’s Tibet region

Rescuers are combing through a remote Chinese region in Tibet after a magnitude 7 earthquake that killed at least 16 people, injured 54 and collapsed hundreds of homes. The disaster
Newsday

Takeaways from AP investigation into collapse of housing towers during Venezuela's earthquakes

CARABALLEDA, Venezuela — The collapse of public housing buildings in the Venezuelan state of La Guaira following two catastrophic earthquakes in June can be traced back to their beginnings in 2010, experts and former officials told The Associated Press.
ABC7

At least 111 dead, buildings collapsed after 7.4-magnitude earthquake shakes western Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia -- A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving many trapped under debris while their loved ones and rescue workers searched through rubble.

The ‘World Series earthquake’ that caused highways to collapse

Loma Prieta, also known as the World Series earthquake, remains one of the most significant disasters to strike the region in modern history. A rupture within the San Andreas Fault network occurred at 5:04 p.m. local time near the Loma Prieta Peak, unleashing a powerful earthquake centred about 90 km southeast of downtown San Francisco.

Watch: Buildings collapse onto cars, people flee malls as 7.6 magnitude earthquake rocks Panama

A powerful earthquake struck off Panama's southern coast on Friday, sending people rushing out of shopping malls and buildings as tremors shook the capital and other parts of the country. Videos circulating on social media showed a television broadcast being interrupted and residents fleeing buildings as the ground shook.