Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Video: Taiwan Earthquake Reconnaissance Briefing Webinar

February 2, 2018

In this webinar hosted by EERI, reconnaissance teams that traveled to Taiwan to study the February 6, 2016, earthquake presented their observations.

Briefing content was a collaboration from more than five teams that traveled to the impacted region, and provided key insights into the various aspects of shaking characteristics, earthquake damage, response, and performance of pre-event mitigation measures.

 

 

The topics discussed include:

Geology & Seismology (6:00)
by Kevin Clahan, Lettis Consultants International (representing GEER Team)
Presentation PDF File

Ground Response (20:05)
by Joseph Sun, PG&E (representing GEER Team)
Presentation PDF File

Liquefaction Induced Building Damages & GEER Team Remote Sensing Efforts (35:33)
by Tara Hutchinson, Professor, UC San Diego (representing GEER Team)
Presentation PDF File | Xinshi PDF File | Annan PDF File
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Building Response (57:15)
by Jiun-Wei Lai, Designer, Degenkolb Engineers (representing Degenkolb Team)
Presentation PDF File

Community Response: Infrastructure Damage, Tainan Resilience (01:16:16)
by Kevin S. Moore, Principal, Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger (representing SGH Team)
Presentation PDF File