There's an 85% chance that a damaging earthquake could hit Seattle in the next 50 years. Old brick buildings are most at risk, but retrofitting them could mean a loss of affordable housing. Up and ...

Seattle’s unreinforced brick buildings are a disaster waiting to happen — and the cash to fix them isn’t there. It's been almost 25 years since the Nisqually earthquake. That's the last significant ...

Faded letters atop an old brick building in downtown Reno serve as quiet proof of a nearly 125-year-old battle for survival. For over a century, Colonial Apartments would go by different names as its ...

Up and down the West Coast, cities face high risk of earthquakes. In Seattle, there is an 85% chance of a major quake in the next 50 years. Historic brick buildings are most at risk. There is even a ...