Regional levee commissioners agreed Thursday to use $30,000 worth of seismic testing to investigate potential trouble spots in the system. The work, which involves dropping weights on a levee section ...

One of the most predominant factors impacting today's construction industry is the demand to construct buildings that can resist seismic forces and accommodate for the building movements. Architects ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Rep. Joe Cunningham is looking to stop seismic testing from happening off of his state's coast. In a letter to Dr. Neil Jacobs, the acting head of theNational Oceanic ...

In a victory for anti-drilling advocates, oil and gas industry lawyers said Thursday the industry will not use airgun arrays this year to conduct seismic surveys of the ocean floor off the Atlantic ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — In Tom McCall Waterfront Park on the northwest side of the Burnside Bridge, engineers began drilling a 125-foot test shaft as part of crucial seismic testing for Portland's earthquake ...

A controversial seismic testing proposal off Victoria's south-west coast has been rejected in a "rare" move from the offshore ...

WPX Energy is using seismic testing to better size up and characterize the Niobrara shale formation as it tries to expand on its initial success drilling there. Much of that work is requiring the use ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WSAV/WCBD) – Oil exploration companies say they are giving up efforts to do seismic testing off the South Carolina coast. The companies had two years to prove they should be able to ...