Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Rapid reconnaissance survey of environmental and infrastructure damage

October 1, 2021

Wedge FailureA team of researchers from the University of Melbourne and Seismology Research Centre travelled to the epicentral region and undertook rapid field reconnaissance from Thursday 23 September 2021 to Sunday 26 September 2021. This report presents a map and individual site-based field observations of environmental damage and damage (or lack thereof) to engineered structures throughout the epicentral region. Data from 70 locations is presented.