CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Under blue skies and along smooth roads and tree-lined sidewalks, Corvallis is home sweet home to thousands. "It has a lot of attributes," said Corvallis resident and OSU Professor Robert Yeats. "I live here, I like it and I don't...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – It’s being called one of the largest recorded earthquakes in world history. Also, according to Robert Yeats, “This is our wake up call.” Japan today is struggling with the aftermath of a massive 8.9 earthquake on a subduction zone,...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The terribly destructive earthquake that just hit Christchurch, New Zealand, was only a moderate 6.3 magnitude, but had certain characteristics that offer an important lesson to cities up and down the West Coast of North America...

From Oregon StateThe two earthquakes that recently struck Haiti and Chile both caused devastating destruction, but also offer an important contrast in loss of life – and a clear warning to other cities around the world that share problems of poor...