PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Despite the ever-looming threat of a major earthquake hitting the Cascadia Subduction Zone, efforts to reinforce Portland’s Burnside Bridge have been delayed. Multnomah County ...

Research conducted by Civil Engineering Professor Keri Ryan and her team last May is advancing the relatively new field of non-structural earthquake engineering. The team’s work was part of a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Multnomah County residents will soon be able to weigh in on the forthcoming design for the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Project. Design plans are nearing completion, but ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an application for a federal grant to help pay for the earthquake-ready Burnside Bridge project. The $447 ...

If and when a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake hits the Portland region, soil liquefaction could dramatically worsen the damage, leading buildings to tilt, roads to buckle and utility lines to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Crews have started constructing a test foundation as part of the earthquake protection measures for the Burnside Bridge project. A 10-foot-wide test shaft is being built in Tom ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge has completed its environmental review process and received a green light from the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), clearing the way for the ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A University of North Carolina Wilmington professor will work on research at the soon-to-be Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT) project, per an UNCW ...