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University of Nevada Expands Earthquake Lab

There’s a whole lot of shakin’ going on at the University of Nevada, Reno. UNR’s seismic simulation facility became the largest in the United States and second largest in the world this week with an expansion that included moving three …

Nevada Quake Lab Has New $4M Research Project

The University of Nevada’s world-renowned earthquake laboratory has launched a nearly $4 million research project aimed at making nonstructural parts of buildings more earthquake proof. Engineers at the school’s Large-Scale Structures Lab cranked up three 50-ton capacity shake tables on …