earthquake

Explosion-like sounds rattle residents

Some strange booms have shaken residents in Fond du Lac County.

Japan’s newest tower uses anti-quake technology

A Tokyo developer took visitors up the world's tallest freestanding broadcast structure Tuesday, a 2,080-foot tower with special technology meant to withstand earthquakes that often strike Japan.

It looks good on paper

A cathedral made from cardboard.

Earthquake hit near city bothered by booms (UPDATE)

Federal geologists confirmed Thursday that a minor earthquake occurred this week near the eastern Wisconsin city where researchers have been investigating a series of unexplained booming sounds.

Minor earthquake rumbles southeast Wis.

A minor earthquake rumbled through southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

Search on for hidden earthquake damage

Office buildings, schools and towering landmarks were being inspected Wednesday for hidden structural flaws a day after initial checks turned up sparse damage from a rare East Coast earthquake.

Earthquake aftershocks could affect local building codes

By Jack Zemlicka and Brian Johnson Though the state is thousands of miles from the epicenter of the 9.0-magnitude offshore quake that shook Japan on March 11, Wisconsin could see […]

Haiti recovery bogged down 6 months after quake

By Jonathan M. Katz AP Writer CORAIL-CESSELESSE, Haiti (AP) — The sun was beating down on the rocky cactus plain when men with machetes came for Menmen Villase, nine months […]

Six months later, building taking a backseat in Haiti

By Joe Yovino

Web editor

Today marks six months since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake destroyed Haiti’s capital city of Port-au-Prince. Since Jan. 12, the death toll and reports of injured have risen, while buildings have not.

Wis. to join Midwestern earthquake drill

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin will join a massive Midwestern earthquake readiness drill next year. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been working with states in the New Madrid Seismic […]

Infrastructure key difference between Chile, Haiti

By Joe Yovino

web editor

Look no further than the recent earthquakes in Chile and Haiti to underscore the importance of construction infrastructure.

Small earthquake in Illinois felt in Wis. (11:25 a.m. 2/10/10)

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A small earthquake that shook northern Illinois was also felt by residents in southern Wisconsin early Wednesday. Sharon Holmes in Salem says her TV stopped working and […]