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We Are Safer During and After Earthquakes Thanks to UC San Diego’s Shake Table

We Are Safer During and After Earthquakes Thanks to UC San Diego’s Shake Table

June 3, 2025

Homes, offices, parking garages, bridges and other structures across the United States are safer during earthquakes thanks to research done at the University of California San Diego’s outdoor earthquake shake table. Here are some of the positive impacts that have come from past tests at the shake table. Full Story


10-story Steel-framed Building to be Put to the Test on UC San Diego Earthquake Simulator

10-story Steel-framed Building to be Put to the Test on UC San Diego Earthquake Simulator

May 28, 2025

A 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building will soon be put to the test on an earthquake simulator at the University of California San Diego to see how well it can withstand earthquakes. The UC San Diego shake table is the only outdoor facility of its kind in the world, and the only simulator capable of testing a building of this height Full Story