Typically ESA's shaker tables are used to replicate the take-off vibrations of a satellite-lifting rocket. The large object seen here is not a satellite at all but an 8-tonne cooling system being ...

The Big Shaker is an earthquake simulator in a 24-foot trailer that replicates a typical living room of sofas and shelves with books and plastic dishes that fall during the demonstration.

SEATTLE — Have you ever experienced an earthquake? Children and adults had the chance to experience what a magnitude 8.0 earthquake would feel like if it were to happen in Seattle.

Take a ride in a Big Shaker earthquake simulator on Friday from noon to 4 p.m. at Seattle Central Community College to see what it feels like to be in a large quake.

City officials want people to prepare for an earthquake, and they held a public shaking Tuesday in Westlake Park to get the point across.

The simulator, nicknamed “The Big Shaker,” is capable of simulating earthquakes up to 8.0 magnitude. It is intended to help people prepare themselves for a real earthquake.

Engineers rock a seven-story structure on a giant "shake table", and use the data to build computer models of an earthquake's effects on buildings ...